oracle ora12638,ORA-12638错误的解决

ORA-12638错误的解决

最近在SQL连接的时候，无缘无故就报ORA-12638错误。应该是权限的问题，但是似乎是哪里都没有进行修改，很费解。到网上搜索了一下，发现这个问题的解决方法很简单，但是主要是需要理解AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES参数的意义，在这里记录一下。

ORA-12638: credential retrieval failed tips

Oracle Error Tips by Stephanie F.

The Oracle docs note this on the ora-12638 error:

ORA-12638: Credential retrieval failed

Cause: The authentication service failed to retrieve the credentials of a user.

Action: Enable tracing to determine the exact error.

On the Oracle Technology Network Forums, a user is able to successfully resolve ORA-12638 after some help from repliers.  The original question was referring to a problem installing Oracle Designer, in which the user was thrown ORA-12638, when testing the connection, before the installation had even finished.

A replier pointed out to the user that ORA-12638 is "an Oracle database error, indi