Re: Permission denied executing sqlplus on Windows

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 15:12:38 -0800
Message-ID: <1073257871.536886_at_yasure>


Rick Denoire wrote:
> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote:
>
>

>>To diagnose problems it is best to not use Windows GUI.

>
>
>>Go to a DOS prompt, navigate to the Oracle BIN directory and perform the 
>>following:
>>
>>1. lsnrctl status
>>2. if not started lsnrctl start
>>3. sqlplus /nolog
>>4. conn / as sysdba
>>5. select count(*) from tab$;
>>6. if database not started shutdown followed by startup
>>
>>Record any error messages.
>>
>>The above assumes you are logged onto the machine as the same Windows 
>>account as the one that installed the Oracle software.
>>
>>Check in Control Panel, Users and Passwords, and make sure the Windows 
>>account you are using is a member of the ORA_DBA group.

>
>
> Daniel,
>
> Everything works fine. The problem is not whether the DB is up and
> running and if it is "healthy".
>
> Logged in to Windows using a "normal" account, which is not in the
> ORA_DBA group, no tool (GUI or not GUI) can be used, it is not found
> or the permissions are missing. You got it now?
>
> Regards
> Rico
>

Got it.

Check the environment variables ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID. One or both is not set for the user.

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Received on Mon Jan 05 2004 - 00:12:38 CET

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