According to 11g docs, you can do the below but I'm obviously missing something since I don't know much about AD: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Creating a User Who Is Authorized by a Directory Service You have the following options to specify users who are authorized by a directory service: * Creating a Global User Who Has a Private Schema<http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/network.111/b28531/authentication.htm#CHDJJDFE> * Creating Multiple Enterprise Users Who Share Schemas<http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/network.111/b28531/authentication.htm#CHDJHAIB> Creating a Global User Who Has a Private Schema The following statement shows the creation of a global user with a private schema, authenticated by SSL, and authorized by the enterprise directory service: CREATE USER psmith IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY AS 'CN=psmith,OU=division1,O=oracle,C=US'; The string provided in the AS clause provides an identifier (distinguished name, or DN) meaningful to the enterprise directory. In this case, psmith is a global user. But, the disadvantage here is that user psmith must then be created in every database that he must access, plus the directory. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is O=oracle, and C=US? The CN and OU I understand I think it's fairly easy to find the AD toolkit... Anyone mind helping me out? Thanks, Chris Taylor Sr. Oracle DBA Ingram Barge Company Nashville, TN 37205 Office: 615-517-3355 Cell: 615-663-1673 Email: chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete the contents of this message without disclosing the contents to anyone, using them for any purpose, or storing or copying the information on any medium. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l