Hi Abraham >I'm trying to dump some blocks with bbed. It asks for a password. >According to Steve Adams, if I used strings on bbed I should find the >password in 30 seconds... It's been 3 days... anybody know how to find >it? During Steve's Miracle Master Class a couple of years ago I asked the = same question to Steve. I had the same response... but he also added "If = you are able to use it, you are able to find the password!".=20 In some ways I agree, but I must admit that I didn't like the answer = that much... (sorry Steve) Anyway, after 5 or 10 minutes or so I was = able to find it (I believe that also Steve didn't manage to get it in 30 = seconds!) Now, if you are looking for it since three days, it's time, in my = opinion, to give you a tip... 1) When you start BBED you get something like this: oracle@trantor:/u00/app/oracle/ [B1020] bbed Password: 2) Now, if you think about it a bit, as suggest by Tanel, you should end = up executing the following statement: oracle@trantor:/u00/app/oracle/ [B1020] strings `which bbed` | grep -i = password Orclpasswords passwords namesctl.internal_encrypt_password namesctl.server_password passwords Orclpasswords namesctl.server_password namesctl.internal_encrypt_password PASSWORD - Required parameter password HTH Chris -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l