This bit from MetaLink Note 119885.1 should clear it up. "Usually this error occurs because the SYSDBA/SYSOPER users are authenticated externally to the database by the password file. When accessing a database across a database link, the user is authenticated internally by the destination database and cannot be authenticated externally." On 9/1/05, Christo Kutrovsky <kutrovsky.oracle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Does anyone know how to create a dblink that connects with sysdba priviliges ? > > -- > Christo Kutrovsky > Database/System Administrator > The Pythian Group > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l