Can you do a tnsping ahnd post the results ? 2009/6/29 hrishy <hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Hi Mark > > Nope TWO_TASK is not set. > > regards > Hrishy > > --- On *Mon, 29/6/09, Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>* wrote: > > > From: Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: RE: sqlplus connect string issue > To: "hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx" <hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" > <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Monday, 29 June, 2009, 10:22 AM > > > If the TWO_TASK environment variable is not set, then a login w/ > username/password will connect to the local database running out of > $ORACLE_HOME and identified by $ORACLE_SID. > > If the TWO_TASK environment variable is set, then a login w/ > username/password will connect to a database identified by connect string > with the value of $TWO_TASK. In other words, it's the same as typing > username/password@$TWO_TASK. > > Note that if TWO_TASK is set, it will always override ORACLE_SID. > > Hope that helps, > > -Mark > ________________________________________ > From: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://uk.mc237.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>[ > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://uk.mc237.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] > On Behalf Of hrishy > [hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx<http://uk.mc237.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx> > ] > Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:09 > To: > oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://uk.mc237.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: sqlplus connect string issue > > Hi > > For one of my databases i am unable to connect using > sqlplus user/password > but when i try > sqlplus username/password@connect-string<mailto:username > /password@connect-string> it connects > > The error message i get using sqlplus username/password is > ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied > > There are many other databases on this server and they work fine. > The thing that is different about this database is > > The tnsnames.ora has an entry for this database pointing to another host on > port 1522. > The local listener parameter on the database says the database is > registered for a listener on port 1527 > > i did a truss -o log sqlplus username/password but clueless on what i > should look or fix so i can connect using just sqlplus username/password > without the connection string. > > regards > Hrishy > > > > > > > -- Howard A. Latham