Hi Joe, I don't have experience with auditing, so I won't comment on that question. As to the looping chain of synonyms, what user are we connected as? What if you try this, as SYS: create or replace public synonym DBA_AUDIT_TRAIL for sys.DBA_AUDIT_TRAIL; grant select on sys.DBA_AUDIT_TRAIL to select_catalog_role; Did that work? -Mark -- Mark J. Bobak Senior Oracle Architect ProQuest Information & Learning "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." --Robert A. Heinlein -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Smith Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:18 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: looping synonyms and auditing How do you fix a looping chain of syns? Drop the synonym and recreate the public synonym? sys@ORCL> create or replace public synonym DBA_AUDIT_TRAIL for DBA_AUDIT_TRAIL 2 / Synonym created. sys@ORCL> grant select on DBA_AUDIT_TRAIL to select_catalog_role 2 / grant select on DBA_AUDIT_TRAIL to select_catalog_role * ERROR at line 1: ORA-01775: looping chain of synonyms What is the difference between these two? Metalink has a doc 99786.1 about audit connect. audit session audit connect Oracle will take both entries: sys@ORCL> audit session whenever successful; Audit succeeded. Elapsed: 00:00:00.02 sys@ORCL> audit session whenever not successful; Audit succeeded. Elapsed: 00:00:00.01 sys@ORCL> audit connect whenever successful; Audit succeeded. Elapsed: 00:00:00.04 sys@ORCL> audit connect whenever not successful; Audit succeeded. Will Oracle do both? audit session whenever successful audit session whenever not successful Will Oracle record both successful and not successful attempts? Or one or the other? thanks. _________________________________________________________________ All-in-one security and maintenance for your PC. Get a free 90-day trial! http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwlo0050000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://www.windowsonecare.com/?sc_cid=msn_hotmail -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l