Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!drn.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed2.telusplanet.net!newsfeed.telus.net!edtnps90.POSTED!3fabb59e!not-for-mail From: HansF Subject: Re: Oracle Enterprise Manager Console won't let me login as SYS, Win XP User-Agent: Pan/0.14.2 (This is not a psychotic episode. It's a cleansing moment of clarity.) Message-Id: Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server References: <1126289118.880533.25420@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 37 Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 20:43:45 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 161.184.143.25 X-Trace: edtnps90 1126298625 161.184.143.25 (Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:43:45 MDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:43:45 MDT Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.oracle.server:251208 In a typical Win installation, I find the SYS authentication is controlled by the OS. (Often happens when the installation guru uses point-n-click install techniques instead of taking time to read the installation manual.) Try sqlplus "/ as sysdba" shutdown immediate exit or sqlplus /nolog connect / as sysdba shutdown immediate exit Remember the 'as sysdba' stuff. You might need "connect /@mydis as sysdba" If this works, you are using the OS level authentication as described in the docco at http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96521/dba.htm#1064 Strongly encourage you to read the CONCEPTS manual and become familiar with the ADMINISTRATION guide, both found at http://docs.oracle.com for whatever version of Oracle you are using. Also strongly encourage you to post the Oracle version with future questions. -- Hans Forbrich Canada-wide Oracle training and consulting mailto: Fuzzy.GreyBeard_at_gmail.com *** I no longer assist with top-posted newsgroup queries ***