Re: connect internal asking for password: WHY?

Rick Wessman wrote:
>
> 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
>
> --It will also ask for a password if the OS user you are logged on as is not in the dba
group. Received on Fri May 31 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST