logging onto svrmgrl remotely

Can anybody answer these?

1. Can you log onto svrmgrl remotely? In other words, is it possible to run svrmgrl locally while connecting to a remote machine?

The reason I ask is, if you can't do this, then what's the point of the REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE parameter? If you can't login remotely, it's a moot point.

2. Okay, then what about sqlplus? Yes, you can run sqlplus locally, but you're always going to have to login as a database user, so authentication is not occurring at the OS level, so who cares about REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORD? So my question is, when is REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORD in effect? Because so far I can't figure out a way to login to Oracle remotely unless I'm using sqlplus, in which case you're never authenticated at the OS level. Not to mention, they're phasing out svrmgrl.

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Before you buy. Received on Fri Feb 04 2000 - 15:41:45 CST