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cannot connect to Oracle DB server [message #153786]

Wed, 04 January 2006 03:14

jprakashm
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Registered: January 2006

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Getting an error, "ORA-12638 Credential Retrieval Failed", while trying to login to Oracle DB using SQLPLUSW (Oracle Client for Windows).

NOTE: The Database Server is also running on Windows.

Oracle KB says to enable tracing.

Please help me on this. How should I enable tracing ?

Any other troubleshooting steps to be done, apart from enabling tracing ?

Thank you.

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Re: cannot connect to Oracle DB server [message #153787 is a reply to message #153786]

Wed, 04 January 2006 03:18

Mahesh Rajendran
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>> Oracle KB says to enable tracing.
What is KB?
Check your sqlnet.ora in servside.
COmment of all entries and try again ( If you are not using them. Else post those entries).

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Re: cannot connect to Oracle DB server [message #153831 is a reply to message #153787]

Wed, 04 January 2006 05:38

jprakashm
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Registered: January 2006

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Thanks Mahesh. The problem is solved. Changed SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES in SQLNET.ORA file to none and that did the trick.

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Re: cannot connect to Oracle DB server [message #153935 is a reply to message #153831]

Thu, 05 January 2006 00:25

raddisonlee
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Registered: March 2005

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oh, that man can tell us what is kb, suddenly i fall in intesting
with that saying of 'kb'

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Re: cannot connect to Oracle DB server [message #153938 is a reply to message #153935]

Thu, 05 January 2006 00:53

jprakashm
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Registered: January 2006

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Hey dude,

i think you might be kidding.

Anyway, i was referring to Knowledge-Base (for KB)

[[So simple, isn't it ? ]]

Anyway, thanks again for the help.

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Re: cannot connect to Oracle DB server [message #154011 is a reply to message #153938]

Thu, 05 January 2006 06:28

Mahesh Rajendran
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>>i think you might be kidding.
No.
In conventional wisdom, KB means 'KiloByte'. Ofcourse the context in which it was posted couldnt make any sense ( oracle KiloByte!).
Knowledge Base is something you have framed yourself.

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