try this move devel group to top of /etc/groups file. i had this strange problem on SUSE9 with 10gR2, there were some groups which had 200+ users in the the box. some how oracle doesnt get past those big groups and fails with ora-1031. once i moved the dba group to top of the /etc/groups file ...all worked :) vasu On 12/8/06, Janine Sisk <janine@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks to all who replied! In the "when it rains, it pours" dept, I have been having VPN problems today and haven't been able to get back into the system, so I haven't been able to do any more with this problem. However, for posterity's sake let me address a few of the comments: - I do have an Oracle password file, and I did try recreating it. Didn't help. - I saw the Metalink note that gives steps for trying to track down this problem. I went through them all and never found anything wrong. There were a couple of other suggestions I can try, and I'm open to other ideas if anyone wants to toss anything else into the pot. I'll follow up again after I've been able to experiment further. janine -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l
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