# Ruby-oci8 proxy-authentication?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-oci8-proxy-authentication/123657>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 19, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-oci8-proxy-authentication/123657 "2007-12-19T16:04:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pytlik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@pytlik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pytlik)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-oci8-proxy-authentication/123657/1 "2007-12-19T16:04:37Z")

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Is it possible to use oracle proxy-authentication with ruby-oci8? We  
would  
like to use Rails to connect with a “technical user” as usual, but  
having  
the “real user” in the the oracle peudo-variable “USER”. Oracle offers  
this feature with the “proxy-authentication”, but appearently only  
few drivers support this feature. How about ruby-oci8?

Thanks for any help,

Martin

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**Author:** ![pytlik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@pytlik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pytlik)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-oci8-proxy-authentication/123657/2 "2007-12-21T00:28:26Z")

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Martin B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes:

> Is it possible to use oracle proxy-authentication with ruby-oci8? We  
> would  
> like to use Rails to connect with a “technical user” as usual, but  
> having  
> the “real user” in the the oracle peudo-variable “USER”. Oracle offers  
> this feature with the “proxy-authentication”, but appearently only  
> few drivers support this feature. How about ruby-oci8?

No, sorry. I have not investigated how to use it.

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**Author:** ![pytlik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@pytlik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pytlik)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 10:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-oci8-proxy-authentication/123657/3 "2008-04-30T10:07:28Z")

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Hi Martin,

You can refer to [ruby-oci8-devel] Ruby OCI8 proxy  
authentication[http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/ruby-oci8-devel/2008-April/000064.html](http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/ruby-oci8-devel/2008-April/000064.html)and  
discuss.

2007/12/19 Martin B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):