Xref: alice comp.databases.oracle.server:47543 Path: alice!news-feed.fnsi.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!su-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!inet16.us.oracle.com!not-for-mail From: Rick Wessman Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: URGENT : Windows NT user Authentication Date: 28 Apr 1999 11:35:51 -0400 Organization: Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <7g21lg$idt$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <37271746.F77F61BD@NOSPAM.dds.nl> X-Trace: inet16.us.oracle.com 925313878 3091 138.2.146.58 (28 Apr 1999 15:37:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@inet16.us.oracle.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Apr 1999 15:37:58 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.6.28/Emacs 20.3 miriam writes: > Hi > > vpenmatsa@hotmail.com wrote: > > > > Hi, this is a simple problem .... > > > > I'm trying to use operating system (Windows NT 4.0) authentication for Oracle > > 8.0.5 .... > > > > So, according to the requirements, I set > > > > 1) SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NTS) in sqlnet.ora file . 2) > > OS_AUTHENT_PREFIX = "" in the initorcl.ora file. 3) created the Windows NT > > user RANDY with a password 'RANDY'. 4) created the Oracle user RANDY with > > the external password verification . 5) I'm not using any domain name, the > > database is on a local machine . > > 6) Hence , I'm trying to connect to Oracle > > giving RANDY as username, 'RANDY' as password & a default database . > Try NOT to give a password, because the user/password handling is done > by NT already. > If that is not working, you could also try to give nothing more (or > less) than just a slash.. You should only need to give a slash. Oracle will get the username from NT. -- Rick Rick Wessman Security and Directory Technologies Server Technologies Oracle Corporation rwessman@us.oracle.com