This instance has only been up for 10 days. I think I know of the bug you are talking about and believe it is only on 10gR1, or maybe 10.2.0.1. We got bit by it on a different database last year. Don. On 9/14/07, ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx <ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There is a bug with oracle 10 on linux. if the server is up too long you > can't log in. this looks awful familiar to the bug I hit. However, we hit it > in 10.1. When we upgraded to 10.2.3 it went away. If this is the same bug you > will need to bounce the box. > > you will need a support ticket to confirm this. I hit this bug in production > earlier this year. -- Don Seiler oracle: http://ora.seiler.us ultimate: http://www.mufc.us -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l