Error: "Bad public user name or password. ORA-12170: TNS:Connect timeout occurred" When Connecting to a P6 Oracle XE Database (Doc ID 1676538.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Applies to:

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

When attempting to connect to an Oracle XE database, the following error occurs:

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

In addition the OracleXETNSListener service fails to start and displays the following error:

A system error has occurred.
System error 1067 has occurred.
The process terminated unexpectedly.

Error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly

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