Re: Oracle 7 thin client and '/' login ?

In article <8dn36n$g8p$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,   Andre-John Mas <ajmas_at_bigfoot.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could someone tell me how I can use the '/' login when using the
 Oracle
> thin client. The users here don't know their Oracle
> password, rather the are allowed to login if they have a valid Unix
> login. For example since my user is recognised by the DB as being
> internal (or is it external), I can easily type 'sqlplus /' and go
 and
> my stuff.

Turns out that I have to use the OCI version and not the thin version if I want to take advantage of external authentication. I found a copy on my 7.3.4 CD. The OCI version is the one that depends on a platform dependent native library.

Andre

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