I think that the problem is coming from issuing ps -ef from the SQL prompt, will you try from o.s. shell? Regards, Alessandro > SQL> !ps -ef | grep oracle > oracle 2029 2027 0 09:04 ? 00:00:00 [sshd] > oracle 2030 2029 0 09:04 pts/1 00:00:00 -bash . . . > Has anyone experienced this before? Is this alarming for any reason (except > "that oracle is not supported for this release of OS!") ? > > > Thanks, > DP > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l