RE: Urgent Remote login problem

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/orapwd file=$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/orapw$ORACLE_SID password=<whatever_you_want> [users=<n>]

Not sure it will solve your OS authentication problem.

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> From: Cherie_Machler_at_gelco.com[SMTP:Cherie_Machler_at_gelco.com]
> Reply To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 01:41
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Urgent Remote login problem
>
> I just migrated a 7.3.4 database to 8.1.5 on Sun Solaris.
>
> Instructions said to copy init.ora, conv.dbf and orapwSID file
> from 7.3.4 $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory to 8,1.5. There
> was no orapwSID file in the 7.3.4 directory. Now my users
> complain that they cannot use OPS$ logins.
>
> In the init.ora file
> remote_os_authent was set to true
> remote_login_passwordfile was not present in the init.ora file.
>
> I added remote_login_passwordfile to init.ora file and tried
> setting it to exclusive, (got an error on startup), then to shared
> (got an error on startup) and then to none and was able to
> restart. They still indicate that they can't login to ops$.
>
> How is the orapwfile created if you don't have one?
>
> I am cut off from my documentation at home and my browser
> is on the fritz.
>
> Any suggestions? What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cherie
>
>
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Received on Tue Nov 21 2000 - 03:12:22 CST