> My illustrious LAN administrator re-permission the D: partition on the > Win2K server that is hosting an Oracle 9i database (a small one). Since > this has happened the users can not connect to the database receiving an > ora-12541 error. > > I tried to do the following: > <at command level sql-plus> > > Connect sys as SYSDBA > > Then at the Password prompt after hitting enter I get a ORA-12560 > TNS:Protocol Adapter Error. > Check the obvious stuff first. Set ORACLE_SID=<your sid> on the command line. Is this in sqlnet.ora? SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NTS) Is the listener up? Right click on D:\Oracle, select Properties and look at the Security tab. Who has access? Default is 'Everyone'. A good reason to secure your server BTW. HTH Jared ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------