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amerar@iwc.net

2006-04-07, 9:23 am

Hi Everyone!

Has anyone ever used SQL Developer on AIX? I was able to get it
running on AIX, however I noticed something strange. If a user is
identified externally, you cannot log into SQL Developer.

As long as the user is not identified externally, he can log in,
otherwise he cannot log in......

Oracle says that it really does not support SQL Developer on AIX, so
they refuse to help. This is something we are testing here, so I was
wondering if anyone had any ideas on this?

Thanks!

Jim Smith

2006-04-07, 9:23 am

In message <1144418664.014840.173760@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,
amerar@iwc.net writes
>
>Hi Everyone!
>
>Has anyone ever used SQL Developer on AIX? I was able to get it
>running on AIX, however I noticed something strange. If a user is
>identified externally, you cannot log into SQL Developer.
>
>As long as the user is not identified externally, he can log in,
>otherwise he cannot log in......
>
>Oracle says that it really does not support SQL Developer on AIX, so
>they refuse to help. This is something we are testing here, so I was
>wondering if anyone had any ideas on this?
>
>Thanks!
>
There have been a number of threads on this in the SQLDeveloper forum on
OTN. Its not an AIX specific problem.

JDBC doesn't support OS authentication therefore SQL Developer can't.
--
Jim Smith
I'm afraid you've mistaken me for someone who gives a damn.

amerar@iwc.net

2006-04-07, 11:23 am

Thanks Jim for the answer. I know very little about Java, so I am
curious why JDBC does not support OS authentication???

ianal Vista

2006-04-08, 3:23 am

amerar@iwc.net wrote in news:1144424759.175917.122230
@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com:

>
> Thanks Jim for the answer. I know very little about Java, so I am
> curious why JDBC does not support OS authentication???
>

STOP & THINK, please.

OS Authentication means that Oracle is agreeing to believe the OS that the
user is who is signed onto that OS.

How/why should Oracle believe a remote connection request is coming a
"trusted source" with demanding its own username/password?

From my perspective any sentence that contains JDBC & "OS authentication"
is an oxymoron.

Tim Arnold

2006-04-08, 11:23 am

"ianal Vista" <ianal_vista@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> amerar@iwc.net wrote in news:1144424759.175917.122230
> @v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com:
>
>
> STOP & THINK, please.
>
> OS Authentication means that Oracle is agreeing to believe the OS that the
> user is who is signed onto that OS.
>
> How/why should Oracle believe a remote connection request is coming a
> "trusted source" with demanding its own username/password?
>

Well SQL*Net does

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