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ORA 01017 Invalid username/password

edited Nov 17, 2009 2:14PM in Database Administration (MOSC) 8 commentsAnswered
 A user attempts to start sqlplus with the following syntax(AIX Unix Environment):

$ sqlplus username/password

the error ora 01017 invalidusername/password error returns.

If the user issues the following command, he connect without the errer.

$ sqlplus

username: <username> <enter>

password: <password> <enter>

Connected to:

Oracle Database 10g .......

SQL>

Could anyone shed any light on what is happening when starting a sqlplus session using sqlplus username/password and fails versus the success when forcing sqlplus to request the username and password?

Gil Bruce

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