i think, you might have tried tried to connect to applsys with wrong password more than 3 times, which turn locked the locked. there should be some profile for this kind. if u make 3 wrong trials, the account will belocked. to find atg level, download the script patchsets.sh and run it from your shell prompt. it shows. k srinivas <k.sridba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Vikram.. One more question .. How to find the ATG level .. Thanks Sri On 5/3/08, k srinivas <k.sridba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Vikram, Thanks a ton.. Its working ....... On 5/3/08, vikram singh <vikramsingh120@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Srinivas, Connect to your database as sysdba (on your db-node) sqlplus SQL> conn /as sysdba SQL> select account_status from dba_users where username='APPLSYS'; -- The o/p should show the account is locked. SQL> alter user applsys account unlock; Next, on your application node, resume the adadmin session Thanks, Vikram On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 12:40 PM, k srinivas <k.sridba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Vikram, Thanks for the prompt response . .When I try to connect as applsys user... it shows account is locked . .GUEST user password is not changed recently . .Vikram .. How to find the ATG level .. Thanks, Sri On 5/3/08, vikram singh <vikramsingh120@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Srinivas, - Can you check if you are able to connect to SQL*Plus as APPLSYS user? - Also, can you confirm if the GUEST user password has not been changed recently? If changed, does it reflect correctly in the profiles, and dbc file as well? - What ATG level are you in? Thanks, Vikram On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 11:56 AM, k srinivas <k.sridba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: DBAS, I Have a mutinode setup with only database on one node and other application(viz. Forms,Reports,CM,Apache) on the other node .When I try to connect to the application tier through SQLPLUS with apps user it connects .But when I run adadmin and pass apps password it does not connect (user/password is incorrect) . Please help me out in resolving this . Thanks in advance Sri ... --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.