On 1/26/06, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On 1/25/06, MacGregor, Ian A. <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On a related topic, Oracle sometimes decides to startua second listener > > on the same port; there by causing denial of service. > > > > If you mean the server does this automatically, can you explain? I'm not > familiar with that. > > Under Oracle 9i and before the password only provided protection against > > shutting down the listener, not starting it up. > > > > IIRC you can shut down the listener remotely, but need to be on the server > to start it. > This applies to unix and linux. > > On windows, anyone with admin access can remotely stop/start the listener > through the Services applet. > > > -- > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > > > Jared, I've seen a second listener started up on the same port, hosing both listener proceses. RHEL 3 AS, Oracle 10g R1 Standard Edition, 10.1.0.4. It was not determined how a 2nd listener process was started on the server. Paul