... and of course the OS user has to be added to the DBA(Unix)/ORA_DBA(MS) group. Dimitre On 9/6/05, Radoulov, Dimitre <cichomitiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > With "/ as sysdba" you get authenticated by the OS, no metter what > user/pass you're giving: > > SQL> conn nouser/nopass as sysdba > Connected. > SQL> sho user > USER is "SYS" > SQL> select username from dba_users where username='NOUSER'; > no rows selected > SQL> > Regards, > Dimitre Radoulov >