Hi All ,

please help me in understading SQLNET.ORA file.

please let me know the answers for following questions?.

1.What if i comment SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES line?.

2.What are the all possible values for SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES parameters?

3.what are all possible values for NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH parameters?.

4.What if i comment NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH line .?

please let me clear my doubts .

Hi Yogesh,

This is an Oracle DBA forum, for asking quesdtions that are not in the documentation.

I am not your personal assistant . . . . .


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>> NET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES line?.

http://www.dba-oracle.com/bk_sqlnet_authen...on_services.htm

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>> values?

RTFM

Default
None
Values
Authentication Methods Available with Oracle Net Services:

* none for no authentication methods. A valid username and password can be used to access the database.
* all for all authentication methods
* nts for Windows NT native authentication

Authentication Methods Available with Oracle Advanced Security:

* kerberos5 for Kerberos authentication
* cybersafe for Cybersafe authentication
* radius for RADIUS authentication
* dcegssapi for DCE GSSAPI authentication"

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>> .what are all possible values for NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH

Yogest, You are not yet ready to start learning SQL*Net. The dodumentation is not clear o you.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/...tion/index.html

Cme back after you gave read and undestood the docs, cover to cover!