look up the documentation on orapwd ?
"Ray" <raemanuel_at_aol.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I did a big fault and have deleted unfortunately all single files in
> my /etc directory on my Suse Linux 8.1 machine. But all subdirectories
> of /etc are still there.
>
> I tried to repair the system and copied all important files from a
> blank Suse installation in the /ect directory and changed the files
> too. After that, the machine starts up and I could login to the
> machine. To complete, I´ve created a new oracle user with the same id
> and group-id as before.
>
> After restart, the oracle listener (8.1.7.0) starts normaly but the
> database doesen´t start. If I try to start the database manually with
> "su - oracle", "svrmgrl" and "connect internal", I will be promted for
> a password. Unfortunately the old password will not be accepted. The
> message "ORA-01031: insufficient privileges" appears.
>
> What could be the reason for that? Which important oracle files are
> located in /etc?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help!
>
> Ray
Received on Fri Mar 28 2003 - 08:26:00 CST
