This is 8i, correct? Just log in with srvmgrl and remove the roles from the account that has too many. It's likely that you have created many roles as the sys user. If so, they are automatically granted to SYS as a default role. Logging in with 'sqlplus "/ as sysdba"' will also work. Jared "M Rafiq" <rafiq9857@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 02/25/2004 11:42 AM Please respond to oracle-l To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc: Subject: Re: ORA-01925: maximum of 30 enabled roles exceeded Roger, your option of shutdown is svrmgrl connect internal shutdown abort change the param in initSID.ora and start your database... Regards Rafiq From: "Juan Cachito Reyes Pacheco" <jreyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: ORA-01925: maximum of 30 enabled roles exceeded Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 15:02:32 -0400 can't you change the init.ora and restart the database? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Levesque, Roger I. , CTR , WHS/PSD" <levesr@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 2:24 PM Subject: RE: ORA-01925: maximum of 30 enabled roles exceeded > Yes. What happens is, because I cannot logon to sys, it won't let me make > the change which is a kind of catch-22. I am looking for a way around it so > I can logon. I am in Oracle 8.1.7.4.0. > > Thanks > > -----Original Message----- > From: Juan Cachito Reyes Pacheco [mailto:jreyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:48 PM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: ORA-01925: maximum of 30 enabled roles exceeded > > > Did you tried to increase the parameter > MAX_ENABLED_ROLES = 70 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Levesque, Roger I. , CTR , WHS/PSD" <levesr@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:52 PM > Subject: ORA-01925: maximum of 30 enabled roles exceeded > > > > I get ORA-01925: maximum of 30 enabled roles exceeded when I try to > > logon with the sys id. Any ideas?? > > > > Thanks > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > >