remit : output from the id(1) command and ls -l $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Janine Sisk >>>Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 3:20 PM >>>To: Mladen Gogala >>>Cc: 'Oracle-L Freelists' >>>Subject: Re: can't connect '/ as sysdba' >>> >>>I wish it would! But I think this part is correct. Of >>>course, I've been staring at it long enough to be well into >>>stupid mistake territory... >>> -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l