Re: ORA-12641 with SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES=(NTS)

iwandraskovic_at_yahoo.de (Norbert) wrote:

>Configuration:
>Database-Server Oracle 8.1.7 Standard Edition on W2K Server
>Application-Server W2K Prof with Oracle 8.1.7-Client connected over
>TCPIP,
>nameresolution via tnsnames.
>
>
>Everytime our process with db-connectivity by OCI starts as a
>windows-service the connect-attempt to the database fails with
>"ORA-12641:TNS:authentication service failed to initialize".
>
>The same process is connecting to the db without problems if we start
>him from the shell (not as a service).
>
>The solution for this problem is to change the
>SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES line in the SQLNET.ORA on the client to
>SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES=(NONE) but our customer is not going to
>accept this because he needs this feature for other applications
>(admin-account to the db with authentication by windows).
>
>
>Here's the sqlnet.ora from server and client (they are the same on
>both machines):
>
>NAMES.DEFAULT_DOMAIN = xx.yy.zz.com
>SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NTS)
>NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES)
>
>I can't reproduce this problem in my environment, regardless of the
>SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES settings i have no problem to connect
>oracle as
>a service, so any hint will be appreciated.
>
>thanks,
>
>Norbert

Just a thought:

Check to see what account the service is running under..be sure it has sufficient rights. Received on Wed Jul 14 2004 - 12:07:09 CDT