sambavan

correct me if i am wrong, but as far as i know the unix process may be connected to more hen one oracle process. so, when kiling a process in unix you can create a youeself a problem. you do not kill a process at the os level unless you know for a act that it is supporting only the oracle process you need to kill, and it i not likely that a unix process supports only one oracle user process.

please correct me if i am wrong