Hi Martin, I don't know but just to try Did you try setting up password file. On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Martin Bach <development@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hello all, > > I have scratched my head for a long time now and can't get to the bottom of > this problem. Facts: > - OEL5.5 64bit > - RDBMS 11.2.0.2 (with Grid Infrastructure 11.2.0.2 aka Oracle Restart) > > I would like to connect as sys via Net*8: sqlplus sys/foo@db as sysdba > SQL> conn sys/orcl@orcl as sysdba > ERROR: > ORA-01031: insufficient privileges > > The same in rman and dgmgrl. I have set > *.remote_login_passwordfile='EXCLUSIVE' > > The funny part is here: when I connect "/ as sysdba" on the box, it works > (no surprise). So I start the database past nomount (the problem exists in > nomount as well) and voila: > > @ > conn / as sysdba > Connected to an idle instance. > SYS@orcl AS SYSDBA> startup mount > ORACLE instance started. > > Total System Global Area 313159680 bytes > Fixed Size 2226072 bytes > Variable Size 188745832 bytes > Database Buffers 117440512 bytes > Redo Buffers 4747264 bytes > Database mounted. > SYS@orcl AS SYSDBA> conn sys/orcl@orcl as sysdba > Connected. > > Nothing in sqlnet.ora by the way, the file doesn't exist. I have statically > registered the ORCL database in $GRID_HOME/network/admin/listener.ora as > well. > > Any idea and help greatly appreciated. > > Martin > > -- > Martin Bach > OCM 10g > http://martincarstenbach.wordpress.com > http://www.linkedin.com/in/martincarstenbach > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Thanks & Regards, Taral Desai