Error: "Bad Public User Name Or Password. ORA-12170: TNS:Connect Timeout Occurred;" When Connecting to P6 OracleXE Database

(Doc ID 1676538.1)

Last updated on MARCH 29, 2017

Applies to:

Primavera P6 Professional Project Management - Version 6.2.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

On : 8.2 version, P6 PPM DB Install, Setup, Config Tools

When attempting to connect to the database, the following error occurs.

ERROR
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Bad public user name or password. ORA-12170: TNS:Connect timeout occurred;

The OracleXETNSListener service would not start with the following error.

ERROR
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A system error has occurred.

System error 1067 has occurred.

The process terminated unexpectedly.

OR

Error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly

Cause

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