The Oracle software owner will always be able to log in as sysdba. It is a trusted account, I don't believe you can change it and it has nothing to do with a password file (it is defined when you install the software as to which OS group can do this) ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of syed jaffar hussain Sent: Sun 30/05/2004 14:57 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Connecting as sysdba Hello list, I have noticed onething, when I logon to my UNIX as oracle user, I am able to connect to the database as sysdba from any database user. Sqlplus /nolog Connect user_1/password as sysdba; I want to prevent all DB users, except sys, to connect as sysdba. How can I do it? I tried to change the remote_login_passwordfile values but vain. Is this expected behaviour or do I have to change anything in the init.ora file? Regds Jaffar ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------