yes this is AIX TWO_TASK is unset. the only thing that i think is strange that when i su to oracle the group doesnt change to dba instead it is set to staff. need to talk to my sysadmins about this. "Powell, Mark D" <mark.powell@xxxxxxx> wrote: IF you are on a UNIX version then when you set your Oracle environment do you set the TWO_TASK variable? If so unset TWO_TASK prior to attempting to create a sysdba session via sqlplus /nolog. Having TWO_TASK set when you attempt to connect / as sysdba using OS group security will result in a ORA-01031 error. HTH -- Mark D Powell -- -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Fuad Arshad Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:02 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Strange behaviour "/ as sysdba" We are movign all our accounts to su only authentication on the os level. one of the problems i'm seeing it that if i su into oracle and do a conenct / as sysdba i get a 1031 insufficient privileges. the remote_login_passwordfile is set to exclusive. i can connect thru sysdba if am logged in directly . any ideas any one have this issue. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------