opracle versionj 9.2.0.4 oracle software owner is oracle and group is dba and all the permissions seem fine i am logged in directly thru the account owner os is aix 5.4 ml05 Paul Drake <bdbafh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: On 11/17/05, Fuad Arshad wrote: > We're having this issue which started today and we cant get ot the bottom > of it > > > looged in as the oracle owner TWO_TASK is unset > SQL> connect sys@dbname as sysdba > Enter password: > Connected. > SQL> connect / as sysdba > ERROR: > ORA-01031: insufficient privileges > > Warning: You are no longer connected to ORACLE. > > now the user i'm using is the oracle software owner > password file is not corrupted remote_login_password is also set to > exclusive. > > > what steps can i take to further debug this. i"m thinking about oradebug > but then since i'm disconnected how would oradebug capture anything . > need some advice before i brave the tar and all the same questions with > oracle. Please repost listing your Oracle version, operating system version and the account that you are logged onto the server as and its group membership. Paul -- #/etc/init.d/init.cssd stop -- play a Sony CD, install a rootkit today