Return-Path: Received: from newsfeed.cts.com (newsfeed.cts.com [209.68.248.164]) by naude.co.za (8.11.2/8.11.2) with SMTP id g86LKLC18476 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 17:20:31 -0400 Received: from fatcity.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by newsfeed.cts.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id MAA00512; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 12:18:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fatcity.com (26-Feb-2001/v1.0g-b72/bab) via UUCP id 004CA377; Fri, 06 Sep 2002 11:48:23 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 11:48:23 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: "Philip Douglass" Sender: root@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: "Philip Douglass" Subject: Re: Oracle User identified EXTERNALLY Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 72; ListGuru (c) 1996-2001 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Check for os_authent_prefix (I think) in init.ora. Should be set to OPS$. Some people set it to a null string so that they can avoid using the OPS$ prefix. But the advantage to using a prefix is that you can connect locally without a password and remotely with a password. -- Philip ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 12:53 PM Hi All, Here is the situation . I have a Unix user called oracle on a Sun Solaris box. I created the user called ops$oracle by using the following syntax. CREATE USER OPS$ORACLE PROFILE DEFAULT IDENTIFIED EXTERNALLY DEFAULT TABLESPACE USERS TEMPORARY TABLESPACE TEMP ACCOUNT UNLOCK; GRANT CONNECT TO OPS$ORACLE; Now I login to Unix box as oracle(Unix user), set up the Oracle environment(ORACLE_SID, ORACLE_HOME etc). Then try to login to sqlplus but It prompts for password or it says invalid username/password. I am under impression that I should be able to login to Oracle without specifying the Oracle password as described below. But I am not able to do so as shown below. Could you please tell me what am I missing and how can I log into oracle through the Unix user without specifying the password as it should be identified externally. Thanks, Ashoke Unix> sqlplus / SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production on Fri Sep 6 10:40:59 2002 (c) Copyright 2000 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. ERROR: ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied Enter user-name: I also tried Unix> sqlplus ops\$oracle SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production on Fri Sep 6 10:44:27 2002 (c) Copyright 2000 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Enter password: -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Mandal, Ashoke INET: ashoke.k.mandal@medtronic.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Philip Douglass INET: philipd@sirs.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).