I know sqlplus "/ as sysdba" works on the host... No problem.. But remote connection is what I am looking for.. Niall, what area has to be worked on with trusting the remote connection? Brian -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Niall Litchfield Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 9:56 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: sysdba On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 09:46:31 -0400, Spears, Brian <bspears@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Someone was telling me connecting as sysdba from sqlplus is not > allowed in 9i. I tried and found it did seem to not be available. Do you mean *only* connecting to SYS as sysdba? If so then yes it is entirely a security mechanism. If you are talking about remote connection then there is some work to be done to trust the remote connection, but set oracle_sid=<blah> (make sure the env var applies ) sqlplus "/ as sysdba" will work fine. Even on windows, which is nice. -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------