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Connecting to an Oracle Database in DCE

This chapter shows how to connect to an Oracle database after having installed Oracle DCE Integration and having configured both DCE and Oracle to use Oracle DCE Integration.

This information includes the following:

• Section 12.1, "Starting the Network Listener"
• Section 12.2, "Connecting to an Oracle Database Server in the DCE Environment"

12.1 Starting the Network Listener

To start the Net8 listener, do the following:

1. To start the listener, enter the following commands:

   % dce_login principal_name password 
   %  lsnrctl start listener_name
   
   

   For example, if the listener name is LSNR_DCE in LISTENER.ORA, enter the following to start the listener:

   % dce_login oracle orapwd
   % lsnrctl start LSNR_DCE
   
   

   To make sure the server registered its binding handler with rpcd,enter:

   % rpccp show mapping
   
   

   In the computer response, look for the line that includes the dce_service_name that is part of the listener address.

2. To make sure the service has been created, search for the dce_service_name as follows:

   % cdscp show object "/.:/subsys/oracle/service_registry/
   dce_service_name"
   
   

   For example:

   % cdscp show object "/.:/subsys/oracle/service_registry/
   dce_svc"
   
   

   This shows you the mapping in the CDS namespace that the listener has chosen for the endpoint. For example:

               SHOW
             OBJECT    /.../subsys/oracle/service_registry/dce_svc
                 AT   1995-05-15-17:10:52
   RPC_ClassVersion = 0100
            CDS_CTS = 1995-05-16-00:05:01.221106100/aa-00-04-00-3e-8c           
            CDS_UTS = 1995-05-16-00:05:01.443343100/aa-00-04-00-3e-8c 		  
          CDS_Class = RPC_Server
   CDS_ClassVersion = 1.0
         CDS_Towers = :
              Tower = ncacn_ip_tcp:144.25.23.57[]
   

12.2 Connecting to an Oracle Database Server in the DCE Environment

To connect to an Oracle server in the DCE environment, do one of the following:

1. After externally-identified accounts have been set up, you can take advantage of DCE authentication to log into Oracle without providing any username/password information. To use this single sign-on capability, just log in to DCE using a command like the following:

   % dce_login principal_name password
   
   

   For example:

   % dce_login oracle orapwd
   
   
   
   
   Note:
   
   
   You only need to enter the dce_login command once.  If you are already logged into DCE, you do not need to log in again.
     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   You can now connect to an Oracle Server without using a username or password. Enter a command like the following:

   % sqlplus /@service_name
   
   

   where service_name is the database service name.

   For example:

   % sqlplus /@ORADCE
   
   

   Refer to "Creating and Naming Externally-Identified Accounts" for information, and to Oracle8 Server Distributed Databases for information on external authentication.

2. From a client, you can still connect with a username/password:

   % sqlplus username/password@service_name
   
   

   where service_name is the Net8 service name.

   For example:

   % sqlplus scott/tiger@ORADCE
   

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