guys, heres the problem, its probably something simple, but I hope you can help.

On solaris, i log in as root, then su - oracle. the db is an 8.1.6 db. i then type svrmgrl, then i connect internal. but it is asking me for a password. i need to shutdown then restart the db for changes in the init.ora to take effect. the oracle user is in the dba group.

is there anyway around this problem.

Chars.