Ron, The cardinal rules of a quest for help are to supply the (hoped for) respondents with the OS platform and version of Oracle. Platform in this case being particularly important. Jared "Smith, Ron L." <rlsmith@xxxxxxx> Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 05/10/2004 06:28 AM Please respond to oracle-l To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc: Subject: Connect as SYSDBA I have a batch script that has been running for several months but all of a sudden failed this weekend. For some reason I can no longer do a sqlplus "system/password as sysdba". I don't know that anyone has changed anything. Any idea why this would quit working? Thanks! Ron Smith ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------