Ruth, You do not need to license OAS to use OID. OID is free to use with Oracle licensing. Search the Oracle-L archives, as this has been discussed here before, and search oracle.com. Jared On 2/28/06, Ruth Gramolini <rgramolini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Win2K domain > > WinXP clients > > AIX5.2, Oracle 9i server > > Good morning all, > > We are looking for a solution which will allow us to let users > authenticate their database connections using their Windows logon > credentials and Active Directory. We do not use OAS therefore do not have > OID. Apparently this is the only easy way to do this according to Oracle > Support and searches thru Metalink. I was hoping that someone has an easy > (read cheap) solution that we can adapt to our needs. Using Active > Directory is not a must, but we do own it. > > The problem is that users have to change their login passwords in too many > places, We have to be IRS security compliant so we cannot see the passwords > when they forget them, and once in awhile they do forget.;-)) > > Thanks in advance, > Ruth > > > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist