On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Robyn <robyn.sands@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Looks like it was fixed in 10gR2. From the same RHEL5 server: > > Interesting, thanks for checking Robyn. While pondering this it occurred to me that changing the owner of the password file and setting the permissions to read-only would be a method to prevent any new sysdba/sysoper grants. -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist