There is an init.oram parameter, REMOTE_OS_AUTHENT. which controls this.  Its default 
value is false.   Setting it to true is begging for trouble.  

BTW, It's "identified externally" not "identified by externally"

Ian MacGregor
Stanford Linear Acccelerator Center
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Hi,

If there is user created using identified by externally, could this user
login to database remotely? If it could, could you please help us?

Thanks,

Jun
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