Ok, I try that and get ORA-01031:insufficient privileges....... Brian From: Uzzell, Stephan [mailto:SUzzell@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 3:28 PM To: Zelli, Brian; oracle-l (oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Cc: Uzzell, Stephan Subject: RE: connect from windows Pretty sure if you're setting the SID that only allows a local connection... to connect to a DB on a different server you'd need to go through the listener... connect /@<DB> as sysdba Stephan Uzzell From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Zelli, Brian Sent: Wednesday, 23 April, 2014 15:26 To: oracle-l (oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>) Subject: connect from windows Ok, I am trying to connect from windows to unix with sqlplus from the command line. I set the SID and enter Sqlplus /nolog SQL>connect /as sysdba Gets me the ORA-12560:TNS:protocol adapter error Why doesn't this work? I've been googling and come up empty. Is there any way to get this to work? Brian This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete this email message from your computer. Thank you. This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete this email message from your computer. Thank you.