Oracle Net8 Configuration and Troubleshooting

Name

SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES

Synopsis

SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (method [,method...])

method := {NONE | ALL | BEQ | NDS | NTS | KERBEROS5 | SECURID |
           CYBERSAFE | IDENTIX | DCEGSSAPI | RADIUS}

The SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES parameter enables Net8 support for various services used to authenticate users when they log in to a database. Note that this parameter just enables the various methods; it does not select the method to be used for a given connection. The default value for this parameter is NONE.

Parameters

NONE

No special authentication is performed. Users log in using their usernames and passwords.

ALL

Enable all the authentication methods.

BEQ

Enable the BEQ authentication method.

CYBERSAFE

Allows users to be authenticated using CyberSafe.

DCEGSSAPI

Allows users to be authenticated using DCE GSSAPI.

IDENTIX

Allows users to be authenticated using Identix.

KERBEROS5

Allows users to be authenticated using Kerberos.

NDS

Allows users to be authenticated using Netware Directory Services.

NTS

Allows users to be authenticated using Windows NT Native security.

RADIUS

Allows users to be authenticated using RADIUS.

SECURID

Allows users to be authenticated using SecureID.

TCPS

Allows users to be authenticated using SSL.