Re: svrmgrl..connect internal..on win2k

"Zoom Zoom Zoom" <nospam_at_nospam.com> wrote in message news:YopH7.764$e52.644161_at_news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com...
> Hi -
>
> I have Oracle 8.1.7 installed on Win2K server.
>
> Here is what I did:
>
> c:>svrmgrl
> SVRMGR>connect internal
> Password:
>
> I entered the default sys password ( I haven't changed it yet) -
> change_on_install I got following response:
>
> SVRMGR> connect internal
> Password:
> ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
>
>
> Then I did this:
>
> SVRMGR> connect sys as sysdba
> Password:
>
> I entered the default sys password ( I haven't changed it yet)
> change_on_install
> Now I got connected successfully!
>
> Connected.
> SVRMGR>
>
> Why am I not able to connect with connect internal ??
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Zoom
>
>
>

Because -if you would have read the manual you would have known - the passwords of internal and sys are not identical after a fresh install. The default internal password is oracle.
Also you should stop using internal by now, it is obsolete and has disappeared from 9i. Use connect / as sysdba instead

regards

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

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