ORA-12578: TNS:wallet open failed

 

[oracle]$ sqlplus   SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Fri Apr 14 08:50:59 2023   Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle.  All rights reserved.   Enter user-name: sys as sysdba Enter password:   ERROR: ORA-12578: TNS:wallet open failed     Enter user-name:

Above error while logging into the database, or perhaps performing any other task, means that wallet location is not set correctly in the sqlnet.ora file.

Add proper location for the wallet in the sqlnet.ora file using parameter WALLET_LOCATION in order to resolve this error.

WALLET_LOCATION = (SOURCE=(METHOD=FILE)(METHOD_DATA=(DIRECTORY=/u01/app/oracle/adin/mydb/wallets/user_wallets)))