Re: Passwords from UNIX

What we really need is the ability to grant 'externally defined' as a role priv to an account with out lossing the ability to also use a command line password.

I have found it somewhat prohibitive to loose the command line password ability when using proxy login. Why not have the best of both worlds!

Joost H. Caljouw wrote:
>
> Hi Stefan,
>
> The usual way to do this (at least it's the way WE do it) is by defining
> the password as 'externally defined'. This way users can login from UNIX to
> Oracle using /
>
> Don't know if this helps....
>
> Regards, Lambert
>
> Stefan Krampen <Krampen_at_t-online.de> wrote in article
> <5eq5aa$68o_at_news00.btx.dtag.de>...
> > We have Oracle running under HP-UX. On UNIX is NIS (YP) for the
> > passwords active.
> > Is it possible to have the same userpassword in UNIX and ORACLE. The
> > USers should only know one password.
> > I think there shoule be an way to import/export password(strings) from
> > Oracle to UNIX and vice versa.
> >
> > Regard
> > Stefan Krampen
> >
Received on Sun Mar 02 1997 - 00:00:00 CST