You can use 'save_config' in lsnrctl after setting the password. The password will be saved in your listener.ora and be encrypted I seem to remember. The listener will know how to start, but you must supply the password to stop or alter the listener. There is a good article in an old issue of oracle magazine by Arup Nanda that I used when I set up listener protection. But I only have a hard copy. And of course not with me at the moment. Regards, Eric. -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens Joe Smith Verzonden: donderdag 1 december 2005 19:13 Aan: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Onderwerp: 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 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l