Oracle is slowly driving me insane.....

So, I'm installing the 10gR2 App Server, and I get to the window where you define passwords for SYS, SYSTEM, SYSMAN, and DBSNMP.

So, I type in our standard passwords for each of the accounts, and I get:

Password may contain Alphanumeric, underscore (_), dollar ($), or pound
(#) characters only: SYS.

Password may contain Alphanumeric, underscore (_), dollar ($), or pound
(#) characters only: SYSTEM.

Password may contain Alphanumeric, underscore (_), dollar ($), or pound
(#) characters only: SYSMAN.

Password may contain Alphanumeric, underscore (_), dollar ($), or pound
(#) characters only: DBSNMP.

Now, this is the exact same software I installed a couple of weeks ago, with the same standard passwords, and there was no problem. (Our standard passwords contain an exclamation point(!).) I don't get it.....how did it work two weeks ago, and choke now....?

Sigh....I *love* Oracle....;-)

-Mark

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Mark J. Bobak
Senior Oracle Architect
ProQuest Information & Learning

"There are 10 types of people in the world:  Those who understand
binary, and those who don't."
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