Oracle error 12640 and Workprocesses would not start, strange

[Former Member]

Hi all

I have a strange situation here.

Workprocesses would not start and gave an error 12640 - it looks like an authentication error.

So I commented the line "SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NTS)" from sqlnet.ora

This forces SAP not to use NT Authentication, and workprocesses starts up fine.

However, when that happens (commented out the SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES) - sqlplus will not start.

When you do a sqlplus /nolog, it gave an ORA-1031

Is there a way to force sqlplus not to use SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NTS)" ?

(just like how SAP worked with that line commented)

Any quick insights appreciated.

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Wai-Hon Lam

[Former Member]

Did you manage to resolve this? How?

thnx

[Former Member]

did not, took a db backup and reinstalled and restored datafiles.

[Former Member]

Try other options for the parameter.

None, ALL or NTS.

Dennis