Check out if you have in your sqlnet.ora: sqlnet.authentication_services=(NTS) Without it you can not do: connect / as sysdba on windows (I do not know about other OSs). Yechiel Adar Mehish Computer Services ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aragon, Gabriel (GE Commercial Finance)" <gabriel.aragon@xxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 6:49 PM Subject: sys lost sysdba priv? > Hi list Oracle 9.2.0.4 Win2k, this is a weird situation it seems to be = > that sys lost its sysdba priv: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l