If you modify the password file the change does not affect a running instance (at least in your version that might be fixed by 11.2). However can you not authenticate as the oracle user locally on the box? On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Ram Raman <veeeraman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Listers, > We have a 10.105 database that was installed as part of the application > install. We are unable to log into the database as sys user. The password > file is there, it has been recreated -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l