Re: Authenticate database users against Linux

I was talking about external authentication, It true, I have the users in a OpenLDAP Database, but because I don't think Oracle supports OpenLDAP, it would be enough if I can authenticate externally, but using pam, not /etc/passwd.

Bye
Andreas

"Dusan Bolek" <pagesflames_at_usa.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:1e8276d6.0110310756.12009353_at_posting.google.com...
> "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message
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> > "Andreas Moroder" <amoroder_at_sb-brixen[nospam].it> wrote in message
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> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > on NT i can authenticate oracle users against the NT SAM.
> > > Is it possible to authenticate oracle users against pam on Linux ?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Andreas Moroder
> > >
> > > PS: if possible mail me the answer too.
>
> > If Linux is an ordinary Unix the only thing you need to do is
> > create user ops$andreas identified externally ...
>
> I think that he is not talking about external authentification, but
> about GLOBAL authentification. He can use not unix account on single
> database server, but LDAP directory service common for all company to
> log on.
> He has two options - global user (own schema in all databases) and
> schema independent user (use a shared schema).
> Instead of "create user ops$andreas identified externally" he must use
>
> CREATE USER andreas IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY AS
> 'CN=andreas,OU=departmentx,O=sb-brixen,C=IT'
>
> for global user.
>
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Received on Fri Nov 02 2001 - 04:49:34 CST