I'm a novice user and am playing/learning on a 9.2 Currently trying to comprehend users/privileges/roles. I don't know what I've done (or haven't done), but it seems that if I try: sqlplus thalis@testdb as sysdba I get connected no matter what I type in as passwd. I try it with user SYSTEM, and still I authenticate regardless of what I type in. The user thalis has the dba role and sysdba/sysoper system privileges. Am I misunderstanding something here?... TIA ps. sqlplus client 10.1.0.2.0, if it's of any importance ______________________________ Thalis Kalfigopoulos IT Department Alumil S.A. E-mail: t.kalfigopoulos@xxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------