use orapwd to recreate your password file -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Fahd Mirza Sent: 19 April 2004 16:33 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: sys account Hi experts, I have got a problem. The problem is that when I connect to my = database (8.1.6) from sys like this svrmgrl> connect sys/syspassword@test I get connected. But when i try to connect as sysdba like this svrmgrl> connect sys/syspassword@test as sysdba I get the following error. ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied Please help me, as I have to restart the instance urgently. Thanks regards, Fahd ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------