Re: Can't stop/start 8iEE (8.1.6)

Add yourself to the dba group. If there is not such a group, create one. Then connect internal in sqlplus. It should not ask for password.

"Robert" Xuequn Xu, Oracle DBA
Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125

gnawed_at_my-deja.com wrote:
: I don't seem to have the right permission to stop/start the Oracle DB.
 

: I downloaded the trial version of Oracle 8iEE (8.1.6) for Solaris (2.7)
: last week. I installed it and everything went fine. I could connect to
: it via SQL*Plus and create tables, insert data, etc.
 

: Over the weekend, we had a power outage and the Sun box went down. On
: Monday, I tried to startup the DB using dbstart. No luck, and dbstart
: doesn't throw any errors either. Looking at the dbstart script, I can
: see it will never work as is because it doesn't grab the version
: correctly. So I tried to execute the commands contained in dbstart by
: hand:
 

: bash-2.03$ sqlplus /nolog
 

: SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.6.0.0 - Production on Mon Mar 27 10:56:27 2000
 

: (c) Copyright 1999 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
 

: SQL> connect internal
: Enter password:
: ERROR:
: ORA-01031: insufficient privileges

: SQL> startup
: ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
: SQL> quit
: bash-2.03$
 

: I tried the password for SYS, SYSTEM, oracle and even scott (=tiger).
: Nothing worked. I also tried using svrmgrl, but it gave the same
: results. BTW, this was all done as the oracle user (uid=oracle,
: gid=oinstall,dba).
 

: I though maybe a file was corrupted from the power failure, so I removed
: all the oracle files, including the ones in /var. Then I re-installed
: Oracle from the trial CD-ROM (the CD's arrived over the weekend). The
: install starts the DB for me. But now I can't shut the DB down. I
: tried dbshut - no luck and no error. I tried to type the commands
: myself:
: bash-2.03$ sqlplus /nolog
 

: SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.6.0.0 - Production on Tue Mar 28 11:01:43 2000
 

: (c) Copyright 1999 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
 

: SQL> connect internal
: Enter password:
: ERROR:
: ORA-01031: insufficient privileges

: SQL> shutdown
: ORA-01012: not logged on
: SQL> quit
: bash-2.03$
 

: No luck. I don't seem to have the correct password. I didn't change
: any of the defaults (SYS=>change_on_install; SYSTEM=>manager). Does
: anyone know what I am doing wrong?
: - Ed Wang

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Received on Tue Mar 28 2000 - 00:00:00 CST