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Originally posted by davey23uk
what makes you think administrator will have the rights to start the databse?
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I am not saying admin should have rights to start the database, what I said is the member belong to ora_dba group should have rights to start the database.

The reason for me to mention admin group is that you have to have admin privilege to install oracle on that server
sorry my response wasn't aimed at your point, was aimed at the person who said log in as an administrator and start database up from there (which wont work)