My Oracle Support Banner

Alert Log Errors: ORA-609 & TNS-12641 -Authentication Service Failed To Initialize (Doc ID 2426368.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 08, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Net Services - Version 11.2.0.3 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

The following error is occurring repeatedly in the alert log.

TNS-12641 consistently accompanied by the ORA-609 error.


Fatal NI connect error 12641, connecting to:
(LOCAL=NO)

 VERSION INFORMATION:
  TNS for Linux: Version 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
  Oracle Bequeath NT Protocol Adapter for Linux: Version 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
  TCP/IP NT Protocol Adapter for Linux: Version 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
 Time: 03-JUL-2018 12:57:27
 Tracing not turned on.
 Tns error struct:
  ns main err code: 12641

TNS-12641: Authentication service failed to initialize
  ns secondary err code: 0
  nt main err code: 0
  nt secondary err code: 0
  nt OS err code: 0
opiodr aborting process unknown ospid (24174) as a result of ORA-609

Cause

To view full details, sign in with your My Oracle Support account.

Don't have a My Oracle Support account? Click to get started!

In this Document
Symptoms
Cause
Solution


My Oracle Support provides customers with access to over a million knowledge articles and a vibrant support community of peers and Oracle experts.