Received: (qmail 32652 invoked from network); 10 Oct 2011 12:09:22 -0500 Received: from freelists-180.iquest.net (HELO turing.freelists.org) (206.53.239.180) by static-ip-85-25-126-90.inaddr.ip-pool.com with SMTP; 10 Oct 2011 12:09:20 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 1AB02E49C29; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:09:19 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=freelists.org; s=turing; t=1318266559; bh=lJm9kecdOV29Xd9FjwxgD9sotRjDfAiLOtJaK0mS E+I=; h=From:To:Date:Subject:Message-ID:References:In-Reply-To: Content-type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:MIME-Version:Sender: Reply-To:List-help:List-unsubscribe:List-Id:List-subscribe: List-owner:List-post:List-archive; b=YllXj3coxsGOTRZlQ46xWxtL5gsyv yeJ9kG3NO1FHDue+16rCLpXIG4dzPytRsi2tqfk2FNangPtd2FcYtzcqjJyqVE8+e+A 0C46lSLVi+go1RChSAYzvZLT1kxibHsviqSmSFYMLgBxlRWIjP55arhNv933b4tYgFX jOldQEyk= X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at localhost.localdomain Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qlVTDkAmofQi; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:09:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 207F5E48A64; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:08:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:07:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id E977BE49AB0 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:07:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id aLr0ABmLT0B9 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:07:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from g5t0006.atlanta.hp.com (g5t0006.atlanta.hp.com [15.192.0.43]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 972CEE49A7B for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:07:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from G5W2206G.americas.hpqcorp.net (g5w2206g.atlanta.hp.com [16.228.43.185]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by g5t0006.atlanta.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42294C0F8 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:07:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from G5W0602.americas.hpqcorp.net (16.228.9.185) by G5W2206G.americas.hpqcorp.net (16.228.43.185) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.1.289.1; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:06:57 +0000 Received: from GVW1337EXC.americas.hpqcorp.net ([16.230.35.4]) by G5W0602.americas.hpqcorp.net ([16.228.9.185]) with mapi; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:06:57 +0100 From: "Powell, Mark" To: ORACLE-L Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:06:56 +0100 Subject: RE: Password file not getting updated Thread-Topic: Password file not getting updated Message-ID: <7C4BF3B32B80CC44AE37D31B172415937DCC9747D3@GVW1337EXC.americas.hpqcorp.net> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 X-archive-position: 39175 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: mark.powell2@hp.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: mark.powell2@hp.com List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: oracle-l X-List-ID: oracle-l List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: oracle-l Also make sure the TWO_TASK environment variable is unset. Can you log in as sysdba from the database server? set an export ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID then sqlplus /nolog connect / as sysdba -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Ram Raman Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 11:14 PM To: Gus Spier Cc: ORACLE-L Subject: Re: Password file not getting updated oracle is part of dba group. On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Gus Spier wrote: > > > Ram, it almost sounds as if your "oracle" user is not part of the DBA > group. Have you checked that? > > Friendly regards, > > Gus > -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l