Re: internal password of oracle 8i on win2000

On 31 Mar 2002 21:34:06 -0800, amitsaddi_at_hotmail.com (ams) wrote:

>i m facin a typical problem on win2000 server.
>i have installed oracle 8i(8.1.5) on win2000. after installation ,
>thru svrmgrl i had changed the passwords for sys and system users.
>once the system is rebooted, i could not login into oracle using
>internal password which i had set for sys account.
>i m given the error of wrong password/username.
>this had happaned many times as i have been trying installing the same
>again and again even over fresh win2000.
>any suggestions pl.
>thanx
>
>amit

0 Oracle 8.1.5 is desupported more than a year and not certified for win2k
1 if you have Oracle installed properly you wouldn't need a password for internal. You should make sure you install Oracle as *local* administrator (as opposed to *domain* administrator), and create a *local* ora_dba group, though Oracle supposedly should do that automatically for you
2 During install the initial, default password *oracle* stays a few minutes on your screen, and this password is documented 3 There also is the documend orapwd utility to change the internal password
4 internal has been deprecated and you should use connect / as sysdba instead
5 failure for internal and/or connect / as sysdba might also be caused by not having
sqlnet.authentication_services=(nts)
in sqlnet.ora on the server
6 All this facts are documented. This particular question has been answered over and over again, so the answer should be available in numerous faq resources and this newsgroup archives at http://groups.google.com
7 Given the fact the question is always asked again by people who never do anything to resolve their own problems, especially reading the documentation, as opposed to just hacking away to resolve it, given the fact the support status of 8.1.5 and it's non-certification for win2k also has been posted numerous times here, keeping this group alive seems to become a pretty useless business. With the exception of possibly Thomas Kyte and/or Howard Rogers no one is paid to answer your question, so answering it over and over again is just a waste of precious time.

Regards

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

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