Re: connect internal asking for password: WHY?

In article <4o3m1o$8b2_at_red.interact.net.au> grant_at_towersoft.com.au (Fuzzy) writes:

>From: grant_at_towersoft.com.au (Fuzzy)
>Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
>Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 05:51:42 GMT
>Organization: InterACT Internet Services - Canberra Australia
>
>robertp_at_crux.csis.dit.csiro.au (Robert Andrew Power) wrote:
>
>>I'm in svrmgrl, trying to shut the database down:
 

>> SVRMGR> connect internal
>> Password:
 

>>Password????
>>Since when do I need a password for internal?
 

>>Any ideas?
>
>At least two possibilities.
>
>1) INTERNAL was given a password when Oracle was installed.
>
>2) There is no password, and you just need to press enter!
>

#2 won't ever happen, because Oracle only prompts for a password when one is required.

My guess is that a protocol other than the default is being used. Make sure that TWO_TASK is not set in the environment.

                                Thanks,
                                Rick
                                Rick Wessman
				Security Products
                                Network and Management Products
                                Oracle Corporation
                                rwessman_at_us.oracle.com

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