Check your sqlnet.ora file for this line: SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES=3D(NONE) If it's there, comment it out. Suzy=20 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of aj wells Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 4:46 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: urgent connect '/ as sysdba' insufficient privs 9i instance Linux=20 Okay, we have an instance that we can log into connect sys/password as sysdba and it works fine however...=20 if we try to log in '/ as sysdba' it complains about insufficient privs...=20 suggestions would be most welcome have deleted password file and recreated password file oracle user is a member of the dba group relinked sqlplus what are we missing? ajw -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l