Thanks Stef. TNS_ADMIN is not set. It is all fine now. I killed tnslsnr process,restarted listener and set new password. On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:35:49 -0000 (GMT), Stefan Knecht <sk@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Check if your TNS_ADMIN environment variable is set, if it is, check there > for a listener.ora file. > > once you found it, just delete the password entry keyword > > hope that helps, > > Stef > > > Hi: > > > > Very simple question. > > > > I don' have listenr.ora file under $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin dir. But > > when I try to check the status (or any listenr command ) results in > > LSNRCTL> status > > Connecting to (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(PORT=1521)) > > TNS-01169: The listener has not recognized the password > > > > The person who set the listener password on dev machine has left. Now I > > want to get rid of the listener password? > > > > Thanks > > Sami > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l