On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:06:59AM -0600, Don Seiler wrote: > Yes this is true. The problem was in 10.2.0.1, and the script was > part of the 10.2.0.2 patchset. Of course 10.2.0.2 is a big stinking > turd otherwise, so go right to 10.2.0.4 if you can, or maybe someone > has posted the contents of that script online for you to run. thanks, yep, I just got a wiff..sigh. I'll patch to 4 and see if it smells better. This note describes some of the muck: Can not Logon To SQL*Plus as non-Oracle User: Permission Denied Listing ORACLE_HOME/lib [ID 420083.1] -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l