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    ORA-01031: insufficient privileges

    can someone help please? i have just run sqlplus /nolog and i am trying to connect to an existing database with the command
    SQl> connect sys as sysdba
    Enter Password: here i gave change_on_install
    and it gives me
    ORA-01031: insufficient privileges

    another problem...

    i executed the following..

    SQL> connect
    Enter user_name: system
    password: manager
    ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
    ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
    Linux Error: 2: no such file or Directory

    whats the cause of this problem and how do i fix it?
    please help.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bjayaram
    SQl> connect sys as sysdba
    Enter Password: here i gave change_on_install
    and it gives me
    ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
    AFAIK, this can only be due to the fact that you are not connected as the correct OS user ("oracle" in general), because the "as sysdba" connection uses OS authentification (under UNIX-like OS, the user has to belong to the "dba" group).
    Quote Originally Posted by bjayaram
    SQL> connect
    Enter user_name: system
    password: manager
    ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
    ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
    Linux Error: 2: no such file or Directory

    whats the cause of this problem and how do i fix it?
    please help.
    You cannot connect as another user than sys because Oracle is not started yet . This is because users other than sys do connect via the listener and Oracle authentification, not via local OS authentification.

    HTH & Regards,

    rbaraer

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    The second part is wrong, he isnt connecting via the listener is the second connection attempt

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    Hey Davey what do you want to bet he's on a Windoz box?

    Hence his connection problems.
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    im on a linux 9.5 os system...

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    and what is a linux 9.5 system?

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    ok.. i had doubts myself if the problem was with the user.. now i had a user called oracles user previously with which i used to login. but i took a break for a month on vacations and my sys admin i guess made some changes...
    so now i want to create a user who can have access to the database and can connect using the sys as sysdba command..

    how do i do this?

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    you need a user in the dba group

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    ok
    ill check if the user exists. i doubt the sys admin has mapped my user login to the server. i will also try to unmap it and check out if my username is correct. possibilities exist tht i have forgotten my username.

    tnks for the suggestion. if nothing works, ill create a new user. is it possible to create one now????

    thnks in advance.

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