Hi all,
I'm trying to connect to my dataserver via sqlplus, version 10.2.0.4.0
on a Solaris 10 machine.
I'm not sure of the server version.
I can connect to this server via sql developer from my Windows laptop.
But on my Solaris machine, it simply times out and asks for username
again.
I tried to see if sqlplus has a debug/verbose mode but couldn't find
any.

How do I try to troubleshoot this issue? I've verified that the user/
pass and server IP and port are matching on my sql developer and my
tnsnames.ora on the Solaris machine. I even tried the direct
connect string, without using the DB alias.

Any pointers?
TIA,
Sashi

On Jul 16, 2:42*pm, Sashi <small... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
Is the Solaris machine you mention the server the database is on or
just another server from which you are trying to reach the database?

In both case you would need to set your Oracle environemt correctly
prior to issuing the sqlplus commmand. This would also mean an Oracle
client installation would need to exist on the server.

Use an ls -ltr to make sure not sqnlet.log file is being written.

You might also want to issue a which sqlplus to see where the binary
is being found. Potentially there could be a version compatiability
problem if several versions of Oracle have been installed on the Sun
box or if this is not the database server and the installation is old.

HTH -- Mark D Powell --