You need to change the OSDBA and OSOPER group names from dba to staff in your $OH/rdbms/lib/config.s file and relink the executables. Tanel. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fuad Arshad" <fuadar@xxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 4:36 PM Subject: RE: Strange behaviour "/ as sysdba" > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------