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[root@proxyldaptest ~]# dpadm list-certs -C /opt/sun/instances/proxyldaptest |tail -2
equifaxsecureglobalebusinessca1 1999/06/21 06:00 2020/06/21 06:00 y CN=Equifax Secure Global eBusiness CA-1, O=Equifax Secure Inc., C=US Same as issuer
62 certificates found.
[root@proxyldaptest ~]# dpadm -V
[dpadm]
dpadm : 6.3.1_MR_COMBO_04292009 B2009.0507.1431 NAT
[DPS]
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun-Java(tm)-System-Directory-Proxy-Server/6.3.1_MR_COMBO_04292009 B2009.0507.1408
[root@proxyldaptest ~]# dpadm remove-cert /opt/sun/instances/proxyldaptest equifaxsecureglobalebusinessca1
erreur keytool : java.lang.Exception: Alias <equifaxsecureglobalebusinessca1> does not exist
I also did some tests on another machine with "DPS 6.3.1_RME_COMBO_26082009 B2009.0916.1519 NAT", and it
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All I can say is that I have upgraded my 10.2.0.1 precisely because I often got what you experienced:
However, in attempting to retrieve data from a particular area, we found Oracle kept throwing the end-of-file (03113) or 'No More Data To Read From Socket' exception and disconnecting.That is, the dreaded ORA-03113 error.
So, I'm afraid that I cannot test your problem on 10.2.0.1.
But I can confirm, like Luc, that it works on 10.2.0.2 Patch 18 on Windows XP.
I would recommend to you that you get down the relevant updated version + its patches for your operating system from Metalink.
regards
Simon

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