Re: O8i on Linux: identified externally

If you have the following parameter in the init.ora file comment it out with a #

os_authent_prefix = ""

LTB "Lothar Armbrüster" wrote:

> Hello out there,
>
> I cannot get the OS authentification to work on my Oracle 8i 8.1.5.0.1
> installation on Linux.
> I have a Linux user called 'la'. So I logged into Oracle as system and did
>
> create user la identified externally default tablespace ...
> grant connect to la;
>
> Now from another xterm I try the following:
>
> sqlplus la
>
> (I'm logged in as la)
> But it asks for a password. What do I do wrong? I did not find a solution
> in the docs. Do I have to set some environment variables?
> I even tried to create a Linux user 'LA' but LInux gives some strange
> results with that. Then I tried an Oracle user in lower case:
>
> create user "la" ...
>
> But it did not work either.
>
> Who can help?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Lothar
>
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Received on Thu Nov 04 1999 - 08:58:06 CST