Re: Credential retrieval failed

On Sep 17, 12:53 pm, "fitzjarr..._at_cox.net" <fitzjarr..._at_cox.net> wrote:
> On Sep 17, 10:30 am, zino <antony6..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > on Oracle 10g. from the command line, if I type "connect myusername/
> > mypassword_at_orcl", oracle accept my credentiels and let me in. Now, in
> > the same session, if I retype the same previously command but with an
> > inccorect password (connect myusername/myWRONGpassword_at_orcl), Oracle
> > will kick me out as expected with the message : "Warning: you are no
> > longer connected to Oracle".
> > Now if I try to reconnect using the correct credntiels as typed
> > initially, oracle don't let me log in and keep displaying "Credential
> > retrieval failed", unless I close the window and reopen it
> > and .... .. .
>
> > I'm trying to learn Oracle and definitily I'm missing something here.
> > thanks for help.
>
> Exactly which version of Oracle is this, on which operating system?
> '10g' doesn't say much; report all FOUR numbers of the database
> release.
>
> David Fitzjarrell

below is the database version displayed when I log in. "
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options "

the database server is installed on Windows 2003 server, and I'm trying to connect from Windows XP professional machine.

the below entry is from the "tnsnames.ora" file to connect to the server :

dmprodev=
  (DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS_LIST =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = DMPRODEV)(PORT = 1521))     )
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVICE_NAME = orcl)
    )
  )

And the error when I try to reconnect :

SQL> connect thag/thag_at_dmprodev
ERROR:
ORA-12638: Credential retrieval failed

Warning: You are no longer connected to ORACLE.

it's the same user name and password I used when I first connect to oracle either from window prompt or SqlPlus.

thanks Received on Mon Sep 17 2007 - 12:35:23 CDT