Re: hide password for client sessions

<<It requires no O/S setup>>

Doesn't it a least require a unix account with the same name?

John

"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:<4051a485$0$3956$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>...
> "John Leslie" <johnleslie_at_madasafish.com> wrote in message
> news:4412dd31.0403120110.63bd27b9_at_posting.google.com...
> > For security reasons I do not want my users to specify a password to
> > an oracle user when starting an application on their PC. The
> > application connects using Oracle 9.2 client. Can I default the
> > password somewhere...in the sqlnet.ora file or somewhere?
> >
> > N.B. using OS authentication is not an oprion.
>
>
> Why? O/S authentication is, of course, nothing of the sort. O/S
> authentication for ordinary users (create user fred identified externally)
> ultimately ends up being data dictionary authentication, with Oracle merely
> confirming that the O/S user has an entry in the data dictionary.
>
> It requires no O/S setup, if that was your concern, unlike the true O/S
> authentication that exists for privileged users (connect / as sysdba), which
> requires O/S groups and memberships of said groups to be set up correctly.
>
> Regards
> HJR
Received on Mon Mar 15 2004 - 04:18:29 CST