Hi everyone, Thanks for everyone who replied for this. It was a different error. I logged in my NOvel Netware and from there using Remote desktop connection I'm logging to another server, there I didnt have administrator privilege. I realized this, yesterday , gave a try today and got it right. While, DB creation, it flashed some error "ORA-04031: unable to allocate 2196 bytes of shared memory ("shared pool","..", I will look into it The DB was created successfully. Thanks, Thiagu Thiagoo <thiagoodba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi, I'm creating a DB thru OEM's DBCA in Novel netware, Oracle 8.1. First it creates and starts an instance Second it tries to create the database files, now this ORA-12560 error flashes. How can I resolve this error? I checked the tnsnames.ora and listener.ora, the only difference was it was not with complete domain name, so I edited that also, re-started that listener..still this error persists. When I tried to manualy execute those files, am not able to secure 'connect internal'? Pls shed some light on this. ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error Best Regards, Thiagu ================================================== Thanks & Best Regards, Thiagu ================================================== --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "dba_gurus" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dba_gurus-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- ================================================== Thanks & Best Regards, Thiagu ================================================== --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.