Windows authentication for Oracle Databases

Question

Steps Followed For OS Authentication.
OS      : Windows 2000 Server with latest Service Pack 4
Database: Oracle 9i.
Objective: We are having a server in which Oracle 9i database is residing.We want to create
a user that will be autheticated by Windows 2000 OS and not by Database.
The server itself is used both as a server and a client.
1. The init<sid>.ora file was modified and the parameter OS_AUTHENT_PREFIX="" was added.
2. The Oracle Instance was started using Init<sid>.ora file and not SP file.
3. An operating system account was created say Test.
4. Two groups OSDBA,OSOPER were created and Test user was made member of Administrator,Osdba,Osoper.
5. Connected to the SQL PLUS as SYS then issued the commands
Create user Test identified externally;
Grant connect,resource,create session to Test;
6.Logged off from the machine and logged into the same machine with user Test and with its
corresponding password.
7.From command prompt we tried sqlplus CONNECT / .
Ideally it should connect as the user Test but it is not connecting.
NB All the above operation was carried out in the same machine on which the database is
residing.

Answer 1

%ORACLE_HOME%\DATABASE\SPFILE%
Given this command also..SQL>create pfile from spfile;
>>
you can see the initSID.ora in the directory where
your spfile iswhere to see that?see in %ORACLE_HOME/database/initsid.ora
edit the initSID.ora add the line
What to edit?its a text file ,open in notepad add the line
OS_RULES=TRUE
then save the file
start the system by
startup pfile='c'it can be any path or any specific path.no it is the one from
startup pfile='c:%ORACLE_HOME\database\initsid.ora
Hope this will help
You need a pfile to chnage the server settings
Or else
issue
SQL>alter system set Os_rules=true scope=spfile;
THen restart the database as suugested by Dbaron