How to fix the Oracle error TNS-02505: Authentication: null context pointer provided?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorTNS-02505: Authentication: null context pointer provided with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

TNS-02505: Authentication: null context pointer provided

Reason for the Error TNS-02505: Authentication: null context pointer provided

Cause: The function nau_ini() was passed a null pointer as the pointer to the context that it is supposed to use.

How to fix the Error TNS-02505: Authentication: null context pointer provided ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Action: Call nau_ini() with a pointer to a context structure.