Insufficient Privileges on NT4/Oracle7.3.3

John,

   I have always used the server manager (svrmgr23) . X:\ORANT\BIN where X is the drive you have Oracle server installed.

I would then connect internal. After which I could then stop and stop the database at will.

Thomas

In article <01bc9e93$88d2d1b0$2d2b10ac_at_jengle>, "John Engle" <John.Engle_at_rossnutrition.com> writes:

>I get an "ORA-01031 Insufficient Privilege" message when I attemp to
>startup/shutdown my database using any of the oracle tools (Enterprise
>Manager, Instance Manager, NT Instance Manager). I am logged in as SYS with
>SYSDBA privilege. The only way that I can successfully startup/shutdown the
>database is to stop the oracle services. It would be nice to actually use
>the oracle tools, instead of stopping the server - this would enable me to
>schedule and perform cold backups via enterprise manager...... Anyone got a
>clue?
>
>- John.
>John.Engle_at_Rossnutrition.com
>"..., those who are not willing to ruin their clothes seldom learn the
>truth about anything." - Peter Egan
>
  Received on Tue Aug 12 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT