Hmmm...this sounds similar to what I was seeing with audit_file_dest. NRFPT just yet methinks! Rich > Any of you fine people install 11g yet and find that your new 11g database > was creating archived redo logs in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs?? I've got a database > that I created with the DBCA that is doing just that, and I'll be darned if > I can figure out why. > > RF -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l