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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: can't connect '/ as sysdba'
Just to summarize the basics, the following is all true, Janine?
NOTE: ** This is a bug related to this on Oracle10gR2 on Solaris (x86). The Oracle Installer ignores the user's OSDBA/OSOPER settings during installation, fixing it to dba.
To fix in our environment, we patch with these diffs:
config.s 12c12 < .LV13: .string "dba" --- > .LV13: .string "oradba" 14c14 < .LV12: .string "dba" --- > .LV12: .string "oradba" ! env_rdbms.mk 274c274 < NOKPIC_ASFLAGS= --- > NOKPIC_ASFLAGS=-xarch=amd64 ! And then make -f ins_rdbms.mk config.o ioraclethe correct OSDBA group in its output.
* Connected to the user you want to use, the id command returns
With these settings correct, sqlplus should work.
If not, then something may be happening on the OS-level. From the look of your prompt, I'll make a guess you're running Linux. (Sorry to hear that.) I believe there are some /etc/group limitations here - are you using /etc/group? If not, how is group membership determined? You may want to write a small C program to print out the user's groups, or do further testing.
For the record, I don't believe / as sysdba has anything to do with the orapw file, or the setting of remote_password_file {sp,}init.ora variable (indeed - if the instance isn't running, it couldn't check this variable).
Adam
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Janine Sisk
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 5:14 PM
To: Oracle-L Freelists
Subject: can't connect '/ as sysdba'
I'm still googling for answers but it's looking like I won't be finding one, so time to ask here.
I am working as a consultant with a 9.2.0.8 installation. I was present when it was installed and didn't see anything out of the ordinary happen. It seems to function normally with one exception - no matter what I do, I get an ORA-01031 "Insufficient privileges" error when I try to connect with '/ as sysdba', which prevents dbstart and dbshut from working. I have worked with other 9i installations and have never had this problem before.
Most of the suggestions boil down to making sure that group assignments are correct and that TWO_TASK is not set, and I've followed up on both of those. The group that owns all of the files in $ORACLE_HOME is the same one that's set in config.c and is the oracle user's primary group. I am only expecting this to work as the oracle user.
What else could be wrong?
thanks,
janine
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