Tuesday, May 11, 2004, 5:10:26 PM, Carlos Jose Guerrieri (carlos.guerrieri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: CJG> but when i type the following CJG> command: lsnrctls stop i get the follwing error message. CJG> Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=ab-mac)(PORT=1521))) CJG> TNS-12541: TNS:no listener CJG> TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error CJG> TNS-00511: No listener CJG> MacOS X Server Error: 61: Connection refused ... Is your listener running to begin with? If your listener is already stopped, then attempting to stop it again will give you a message such as the one above. If you gave your listener a name other than the default of LISTENER, then you'll need to issue a command such as: lsnrctl stop NAME To check on the name, look at the contents of $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/listener.ora. If you see entries such "LISTENER =" and "SID_LIST_LISTENER =", then your listener is named LISTENER. If you see SID_LIST_SOMETHING_ELSE, then your listener is named SOMETHING_ELSE. Best regards, Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx Join the Oracle-article list and receive one article on Oracle technologies per month by email. To join, visit http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/oracle-article, or send email to Oracle-article-request@xxxxxxxxxxx and include the word "subscribe" in either the subject or body. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------