Environment: Solaris 8, Oracle 8.1.7.4 We're going to be going through a Sarbanes / Oxley Audit. (Ya, I know, = stinks to be me!) The auditors are going to be asking (almost demanding) for auditing of = sysdba accounts and possibly some other non-ERP application accounts = that might be able to make updates to the DB outside of our ERP = application. =20 Focusing on sysdba first. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Here's what I have done so far. - Init.ora AUDIT_TRAIL=3DOS - sqlplus: audit cluster, context, database link, dimension, directory, index, not = exists, procedure, profile, public database link, public synonym, role, = rollback segment, sequence, session, synonym, system audit, system = grant, table, tablespace, trigger, type, user, view whenever successful; All of these functions are performed by the DBA (me) through the sys = account. I am adding data files to a new database, all I get in the = audit file(s) is the fact that I connected to the DB as sysdba. I'm = using the Complete Oracle 8i Reference Manual as my source document - = but what am I missing? Can someone please point me in the right direction? Thanks. Jeffrey C. Henslee (Chico) Six Sigma Green Belt Wausau Window and Wall Systems (715) 846-3196 mailto:jhenslee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l