OS Authentication using JDBC Thin driver

Question

Hi
I have a problem while connecting to Oracle database using JDBC Thin Driver, Basically I am trying to connect using OS Authentication. The following explains clearly what I am trying to do.
String connectionURL = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:XYZ";
String userName = "/";
String password = "";
java.util.Properties info = new java.util.Properties();
info.setProperty("user",userName);
info.setProperty("password",password);
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionURL,info);
When executing the code I am getting an exception as follows.
java.sql.SQLException: Null user or password not supported in THIN driver
When i searched in the Oracle site i got the below information
Note:
By default, the JDBC driver retrieves the OS username from the user.name system property, which is set by the JVM. If the JDBC driver is unable to retrieve this system property or if you want to override the value of this system property, then you can use the OracleConnection.CONNECTION_PROPERTY_THIN_VSESSION_OSUSER connection property. For more information, see Oracle Javadoc.
I want to know how to set the OracleConnection.CONNECTION_PROPERTY_THIN_VSESSION_OSUSER connection property.
Advance Thanks

Answer 1

Based on your code, when you try to connect your username is null and the password is "/". You are not going to be able to get the OS password using Java.