If one does the RTFM thing one will find that SYS is immune to any and all restrictions by default. Therefore things like restricting idle time via a profile don't work, nor does locking the account or expiring the password. Granted it's buried & not easy to find, but it's been that way for a very LONG time. Dick Goulet, Senior Oracle DBA 45 Bartlett St Marlborough, Ma 01752, USA Tel.: 508.573.1978 |Fax: 508.229.2019 | Cell:508.742.5795 RGoulet@xxxxxxxxxx : POWERING TRANSFORMATION -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrey Kriushin Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 7:12 AM To: DEVA@xxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Locking the SYS account. Denham Eva wrote: > What if any are the implications of locking the SYS account? Kicking your client out of the business perhaps? --Andrey -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l