Hello I am trying to setup cman; After installing, i setup the cman.ora as per metalink / docs and tried starting the cmctl. I am ending up with TNS-04012: Unable to start Oracle Connection Manager instance. Metalink says there could be problem with cman.ora file. I don't see any syntax error (No difference is observed if the local listener on 1521 is running or not) My cman.ora entry is cman = (configuration= (address=(protocol=tcp)(host=cmanhost)(port=1630)) (rule_list= (rule=(src=cmanhost)(dst=127.0.0.1)(srv=cmon)(act=accept)) (rule=(src=cmanhost)(dst=dbhost.domain)(srv=GKTST)(act=accept)) ) (parameter_list = (aso_authentication_filter=off) (connection_statistics=yes) (log_directory=/home/oracle/product/10.2.0/network/log) (log_level=off) (max_connections=256) (idle_timeout=0) (inbound_connect_timeout=0) (session_timeout=0) (outbound_connect_timeout=0) (max_gateway_processes=16) (min_gateway_processes=2) (remote_admin=on) (trace_directory=/home/oracle/product/10.2.0/network/log) (trace_level=off) (trace_timestamp=off) (trace_filelen=1000) (trace_fileno=1) (max_cmctl_sessions=4) (event_group=init_and_term,memory_ops) ) ) Any input on this would be appreciated. Thanks Govindan -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l