Re: How do I start Oracle 8i???

What you need to realise is that ALL Oracle installations create two users by default. SYSTEM (password MANGER) and SYS (password CHANGE_ON_INSTALL).

Log on as either if those two, and you can do anything you like inr egard to creating new users or changing the passwords of existing users.

That, of course, is in the most rudimentary documentation, but I agree that most people can't be bothered to read it.

Regards
HJR <adolph_mendicant_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8vhbqi$7sn$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> In article <8vh43o$4is9e$3_at_ID-62141.news.dfncis.de>,
> "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote:
> >
> > All docs are online at http://technet.oracle.com
> > You need to subscribe, but that is free, and you can get development
> > versions of most of their products for nothing.
>
> Thanks.
>
> >
> > Usually any CD comes with docs, you can install them using the Oracle
> > Universal Installer.
> > You indicate you have the Enterprise Edition. It is *NOT* going to
 work on
> > Win98. Also only 8.1.6 and higher are supported on Win2K, for 8.1.5
 you
> > would need Win NT 4.
> > Apparently Win98 doesn't have identical Microsux networking dll's as
> on NT.
>
> I figured that out eventually. I installed it on NT4 and it created an
> empty database during the install. Now I need to figure out how to
> change passwords and increase the quota for the SYSTEM table, whatever
> that is. All of the tools that look like they might let me change
> passwords require me to log on to use them, or they say I don't have
> permission to do what I want to do. Since I don't have an account, I
> can't log on.
>
> Say what you will about Microsoft, their database is vastly easier to
> start.
>
>
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Received on Mon Nov 27 2000 - 02:15:07 CST