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Fatal NI connect error 12638, connecting to: [message #339971] Sun, 10 August 2008 09:40 Go to next message
mandygrewalindia
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hi can anyone help me with this problem from couple of daz
I'm getting this information in sqlnet.log file lying at
D:\oracle\oradata\database\

Fatal NI connect error 12638, connecting to:
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=BEQ)(PROGRAM=oracle)(ARGV0=oraclemaninder)(ARGS='(DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)))')) (CONNECT_DATA=(SID=maninder)(CID=(PROGRAM=d:\oracle\ora92\bin\ORACLE.EXE)(HOST=SAI-E6C10175EE4)(USER=OraUser))))

VERSION INFORMATION:
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
Oracle Bequeath NT Protocol Adapter for 32-bit Windows: Version 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
Time: 10-AUG-2008 12:53:37
Tracing not turned on.
Tns error struct:
nr err code: 0
ns main err code: 12638
TNS-12638: Credential retrieval failed
ns secondary err code: 0
nt main err code: 0
nt secondary err code: 0
nt OS err code: 0

thankx
Re: Fatal NI connect error 12638, connecting to: [message #339972 is a reply to message #339971] Sun, 10 August 2008 09:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
BlackSwan
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Re: Fatal NI connect error 12638, connecting to: [message #339978 is a reply to message #339971] Sun, 10 August 2008 11:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Michel Cadot
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OS?
Version?
Edition?
Service Pack?
What command did you do when you encountered this error?

Regards
Michel
Re: Fatal NI connect error 12638, connecting to: [message #340231 is a reply to message #339971] Tue, 12 August 2008 01:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mohammad Taj
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http://dbataj.blogspot.com/2007/01/ora-12638-credential-retrieval-failed.html
Re: Fatal NI connect error 12638, connecting to: [message #595115 is a reply to message #339971] Fri, 06 September 2013 15:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cestmoi
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Hello,

Just want to throw my two cents...

I also received the same 'fatal error' message: Fatal NI connect error 12638, connecting to:

Following the suggestion of changing the SQLNET.ORA which can be found on the client Windows if you do a search, you'll see:

SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NTS)

I tried changing it to

SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NONE), but Windows won't allow me to overwrite, so i simply moved this file out of the directory path and voila, it worked!

Just so you know, my issue was this: I get the Fatal message when my Crystal Reports app ver 2010 tries to log into one of our Oracle DB, but when I use Oracle Developer app using the same credentials, it would work fine or if I use CMD prompt to log into the ORA db it would be ok.
Re: Fatal NI connect error 12638, connecting to: [message #595123 is a reply to message #595115] Sat, 07 September 2013 02:04 Go to previous message
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