From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Tue Mar 29 18:57:55 2005 Return-Path: Received: from air891.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j2U0vt9x003593 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:57:55 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air891.startdedicated.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j2U0vtem003589 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:57:55 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 1C44389A1F; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:56:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17765-04; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:56:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 945BA899CC; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:55:59 -0500 (EST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=hjjoJBGODn9qwaDHAf5u9eFRnB61ywarsyFxcExHZavk4++k1p5LJfYvIZg9V6G3eCZqZISpFA2zWSq2qG3OojJMigvVkCBDrZRl46C4pFYbQ6GvtpGimkC+SJds4ieGgGCoW6xIdmo3zTontcNqPWniOChB2WLHQjkU6xnKJ88= Message-ID: Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:54:14 -0600 From: Shrek To: awellsdba@gmail.com Subject: Re: urgent connect '/ as sysdba' insufficient privs Cc: oracle-l@freelists.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit References: X-archive-position: 17819 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: shrekdba@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: shrekdba@gmail.com X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on air891.startdedicated.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Level: > suggestions would be most welcome > > have deleted password file and recreated password file > oracle user is a member of the dba group > relinked sqlplus > what are we missing? as far as i remember "/ as sysdba" doesn't use the password file, but i could be wrong. is the set sui bit on the binary set? are the permissions on the log directories set correctly? how about the audit file being created OK? got permissions on /tmp OK? -- -- Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA shrekdba@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine (Song of Solomon 6:3) -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l