Thanks for the help so far. I tried all the suggestions, without luck. I'm on 10g, single node RAC. I do not see asm registered when I run crs_stat. $ crs_stat | grep -i asm $ ASM is up and running, though. On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 2:19 AM, Amaral, Rui <Rui.Amaral@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Try double quotes around "user/pass as sysdba". > > > > > > From: David Fitzjarrell [mailto:oratune@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 05:34 PM > To: nadeem.m.khan@xxxxxxxxx <nadeem.m.khan@xxxxxxxxx>; > oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: ORA-01031 while connecting to ASM instance. > > Are there any special characters, such as /, in the password? > > David Fitzjarrell > > > ________________________________ > From: Nadeem M. Khan <nadeem.m.khan@xxxxxxxxx> > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wed, May 11, 2011 2:31:18 PM > Subject: ORA-01031 while connecting to ASM instance. > > $ sqlplus sys/XXXX@ASM1 as sysdba > > SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production on Thu May 12 01:27:10 2011 > > Copyright (c) 1982, 2006, Oracle. All Rights Reserved. > > ERROR: > ORA-01031: insufficient privileges > > What could I be missing? This is on Linux. Am not using a password > file. oracle is part of the dba group. I can tnsping ASM1. > > TIA. > Nadeem. > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > NOTICE: Confidential message which may be privileged. Unauthorized > use/disclosure prohibited. If received in error, please go to > www.td.com/legal for instructions. > AVIS : Message confidentiel dont le contenu peut être privilégié. > Utilisation/divulgation interdites sans permission. Si reçu par erreur, > prière d'aller au www.td.com/francais/avis_juridique pour des instructions. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l