On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > * How is the script able to connect without the target db user password? > > I just accidentally partially answered this question: D:\dba\bin>rman target backup_user/@b.radisys.com nocatalog Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Tue May 26 16:54:32 2009 Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved. target database Password: connected to target database: B (DBID=9999999) using target database control file instead of recovery catalog RMAN> I did not enter the password: I hit <CTRL-C><ENTER> at the password prompt, and was logged in. This appears to be acting just as if I had used this command: rman target /@b.radisys.com nocatalog which logs me in as SYSDBA I can't seem to find any documentation describing this behavior. Both 'slaxdebug' and 'debug trace <filename>' were used as well. Both forms of debug start their output following the logon, so they weren't much help. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist