Re: Forced to use OPS$ in 7.0.16 - Yuck!

From: Hans Forbrich <forbrich_at_tibalt.supernet.ab.ca>
Date: 25 May 1994 10:29:17 -0600
Message-ID: <2rvuct$gnn_at_tibalt.supernet.ab.ca>


L. Carl Pedersen (l.carl.pedersen_at_dartmouth.edu) wrote:
> i always liked the "OPS$" login feature in ORACLE 6, but hated the prefix.
> i was thrilled when i saw that in ORACLE 7 it was possible to make the
> prefix null, i.e., so that a VMS User named FRED could have an ORACLE
> username FRED and not be forced to enter a second password when moving into
> ORACLE 7 from VMS.
 

> the trouble is we're moving gradually toward a client-server environment
> wherein many of our users will be coming in from client software
> *sometimes* and VMS other times. as of version 7.0.16.4, we are now forced
> to choose from two unattractive alternatives:

Unclear ...

is this a new feature introduced in 7.0.16 or just another bug?

/Hans Received on Wed May 25 1994 - 18:29:17 CEST

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