Hmm write a script that is cron'ned to restart the DB after a reboot occurs? This script could detect when a reboot occurs by using who -b. Just throwing out ideas... -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of bill thater Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 12:28 PM To: fred_fred_1@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: davidsharples@xxxxxxxxx; Lee.Robertson@xxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Oracle database auto-start on Unix On 5/4/06, Fred Smith <fred_fred_1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thank you, that is the question I had. Is it possible to configure a server > to allow users without root privileges to set a database to auto-start in > unix? AFAIK, doing an "auto-start" [and "auto-stop" for that matter] requires a call from a script in /etc/init.d, but if i recall correctly the script itself runs as the user that owns the oracle software and not as root. -- -- Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA shrekdba@xxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "All the girls say Save a horse, ride a cowboy." -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l