In article <d1ca0j$71c$2_at_news.BelWue.DE>, Holger Baer says...
>
>RScott wrote:
>> I have a database on HP-UX. A new application is requiring that we
>> allow remote athentication from the application server(on windows) to
>> the Oracle db on HP-UX. I have tried the basics and can't get it to
>> work.
>>
>> I have the following in my init.ora:
>> remote_login_passwordfile=EXCLUSIVE
>> remote_os_authent=FALSE
> ^^^^^
>
>Didn't you just mention you need to allow remote authentication?
>So why don't you allow it then?
>
>HTH
>Holger
Unless you totally trust the people in your system, do not *ever* enable this
parameter, it allows a user to login as anyone he/she wishes by simply
specifying the user name in the SQL*Net/Net8/OracleNet connect data.
Rick
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Rick Wessman
Oracle Corporation
The opinions expressed above are mine and do not necessarily reflect
those of Oracle Corporation.
Received on Sun Mar 27 2005 - 20:03:41 CST
