Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!213.132.189.2.MISMATCH!multikabel.net!feed20.multikabel.net!news2.euro.net!feeder1.cambrium.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!138.199.65.86.MISMATCH!sn-ams-06!sn-xt-ams-04!sn-ams!sn-feed-ams-01!sn-ams!sn-feed-ams-03!sn-post-ams-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Sybrand Bakker Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: ORA-01031: insufficient privileges Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:16:57 +0200 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: Reply-To: sybrandb@hccnet.verwijderdit.nl References: <1149602912.326130.212280@j55g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1149603120.892274.124660@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com> <1149607153.349519.237790@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <2r8b82leve83urtpib12hitp81iek060rv@4ax.com> <1149609729.205011.4710@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 24 Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.oracle.server:268638 On 6 Jun 2006 09:02:09 -0700, mehaboob@gmail.com wrote: >Thanks for the reply. > >Sorry I did not get what you are saying. >First of all: please do not top post ??? > >No , the oracle account is not a member of dba group.? > >Mehaboob Top post is replying *above* the text you are responding to, which means - either you assume humans read from bottom to top - or (more likely) you are too lazy to hit CTRL-end to get past the original text or use your mouse to obtain the same effect. If oracle is not a member of the dba group and oracle has been correctly installed, that is the reason why you are getting the insufficient privileges error. Make sure oracle is a member of the dba group by using os tools. -- Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA