Have you tried: sqlplus / as sysasm and then try to change the password? On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Li Li <litanli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, Rajeev, > > "alter user asmsnmp identified by" doesn't work, it gives an > "insufficient privilege" error. I've tried to login as asmsnmp through > SQLPLUS with no issue: > > [grid@nrac01 ~]$ sqlplus asmsnmp as sysdba > > SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.2.0 Production on Thu Dec 16 13:02:18 2010 > > Copyright (c) 1982, 2010, Oracle. All rights reserved. > > Enter password: > > Connected to: > Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit > Production > With the Real Application Clusters and Automatic Storage Management options > > SQL> select * from v$pwfile_users; > > USERNAME SYSDB SYSOP SYSAS > ------------------------------ ----- ----- ----- > SYS TRUE TRUE TRUE > ASMSNMP TRUE FALSE FALSE > > SQL> > > Thanks! > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Rajeev Prabhakar <rprabha01@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > Also, can you check the permissions > > of orapwd file for asm on both nodes > > and verify sqlplus connectivity for both > > instances for the asmsnmp id. > > > > On Dec 16, 2010, at 12:37 PM, Rajeev Prabhakar <rprabha01@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > >> Hi Li, > >> > >> Can you clarify this please ? > >> > >> Have you already tried alter > >> user asmsnmp ...and does > >> It still not work ? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Rajeev > >> > >> > >> On Dec 16, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Li Li <litanli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >>> Yes I tried to re-configure the ASM target through grid control and I > >>> am getting the same username/password invalid error. My password is > >>> just an alphanumeric one and doesn't have any special character. This > >>> is weird. Anyone know how to change the password for user asmsnmp? I > >>> searched on metalink and couldn't find anyway to change the password. > >>> there's a note regarding creating this user but nothing about how to > >>> change an existing asmsnmp's password. > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >