This happens even when I don't have a listener.ora file. I checked the permissions on the network\admin folder, and the Oracle software owner (who I am logged in as) has full control. On 12/1/2005 6:29 PM, Pete Sharman wrote: > Haven¹t seen that one before but it looks like either the listener.ora is > malformed or some form of permission problem. Try copying a known good > listener.ora file into $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin as the DB kernel owner and > see what happens. --------------- Jason Heinrich Oracle Database Administrator Pensacola Christian College (850) 478-8496 x2509 jheinrich@xxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l