OIDCTL

Question

Hi,
I have installed ORACLE E.E. 8.1.7.0.0's OID 2.1.1.0.0.
When I try to initiate the following command:
oidctl connect=EAIDEMO server=oidldapd instance=1 start
I get the following error message:
[gsdsiConnect] ORA-1017, ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
I really don't see where I can set up user names or passwords.
Any hints would be appritiated.
Thanks

Answer 1

This is the first time Ive seen this on the 8.1.7 release.
Are you sure you are using 8.1.7 or 8.1.7.1? Also, what OS
are you on? Is it Possible that you are using sqlplus or sqlnet
binaries from 9i on your 8.1.7 instance?
I found the following bug #1852419 on the oracle bug database.
Its seems to describe your problem exactly. The only problem is
that this bug only exists on 9.0 of RDBMS:
PROBLEM:
@ unable to change password for a username of type "ab ab"
@ get ora-1017: invalid username/password; logon denied
=========================
DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS:
Here is a very simple testcase to demonstrate the problem:
SQL> create user "ab ab" identified by d;
User created.
@ SQL> password "ab ab";
@ Changing password for ab ab
@ New password:
@ Retype new password:
ERROR:
@ ORA-1017: invalid username/password; logon denied
This problem is fixed in 9.0.2. SQL*Plus no longer strips away the quotation
@ marks. eg. password "ab ab" is now passed to the database
server as '"ab ab"' ie. includes the double quotations rather
than 'ab ab' without the double quotations. Double quotations
is required for case sensitivity in the database.