Re: authenticating user to Oracle - without supplying password - Single sign on

Sybrand,
Thanks. I have two follow-up questions.
1. I will need OCI drivers/thick clients on client machine. Am I correct? Will this work with thin JDBC drivers? 2. Is there any risk associated with O/S authentication? Thanks and regards

D Goyal..

goyald_at_gmail.com (dk) wrote in message news:<facb5f59.0410291703.1362be3c_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hello,
> I have a java application (on Windows) that runs as a background job
> and needs to connect to an Oracle 9i server on a Solaris machine on
> same network backbone. As per network security guys, database
> passwords must change every 3 months. Recompiling Java programs with
> new password every three months is really not a good solution.
> As program runs as a daemon, prompting database password everytime it
> starts is not a practical situation. Security guys also rule out
> storage of password on disk in a flat file that can be read on each
> applicaton restart.
>
> As this java program runs as a windows background job (as NT service)
> using a domain username password, is it possible that somehow I can
> get authenticated to Oracle with same domain account transparently...
> I will be using JDBC to connect to Oracle.
>
> (I also need to do this for C++ programs on Windows and Oracle on
> Windows, Linux, Solaaris or AIX)..
>
>
> Thanks and regards
>
> D Goyal
Received on Sat Oct 30 2004 - 17:34:31 CDT