You do not need a password to start the listener. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Smith Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 11:13 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: auto start of listener with pwd List, I need to password protect the listener on my Solaris 8 9iRel2 db. If I password protect the listener will the listener auto start upon server reboot when the dbora/dbstart/dbstop scripts are called? Or do I need to supply the password in the above mentioned scripts to stop|start the listener upon startup|shutdown of the server such as: su - $ORA_OWNER -c "$ORA_HOME/bin/lsnrctl start <password here>" _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l This electronic message transmission is a PRIVATE communication which contains information which may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please notify the sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, or notify us by telephone (877-633-2436, ext. 0), and then delete it from your system. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l