I see from your listener log the user name has a dash in, Isn't that a = reserved character ?... -----Original Message----- From: fahd mirza [mailto:fahd-m@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 24 August 2004 11:14 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: ORA-12560 Alert log says nothing. Both listener service and database service have been started with same account. I am at lost. regards, Fahd ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------