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Connor McDonald

Thanks for the question, Database Engineer.

Asked: November 21, 2025 - 6:47 pm UTC

Last updated: December 02, 2025 - 1:42 am UTC

Version: 11.2.0.4

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I've installed Oracle Secure Backup using osbws_install.jar on a couple of hosts and it works fine on all of them (i.e. I can list, add and delete credentials in the wallet without being prompted for password).
But on one particular host, after installing, when I try to list the credentials using mkstore, it prompts for wallet password, even though there has been no password set for this. There isn't any parameter defined in sqlnet.ora for wallet directory, either.

Any idea why it may be behaving this way?

$ mkstore -wrl <location of cwallet.sso> -listCredential
Oracle Secret Store Tool : Version 11.2.0.4.0 - Production
Copyright (c) 2004, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Enter wallet password: 

and Connor said...

Well... 11.2.0.4 is decades old, so its possible you've hit upon an old bug or similar.

What happens if you download a more recent instantclient and use mkstore / orapki from there? (This would also let you use auto login facilities even if you did have a password)

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