<rishib4u_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1109412091.524672.164610_at_z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> hi everyone,
> i recently tried installing Oracle 8i database server on my system
> Windows 2000 Pro + P-III1.13Ghz + Intel815chipset. Installed as System
> Administrator (i.e. gave the DBA privileges to my Administrator
> account), but the problem is that when i issue -> sqlplus "/ AS Sysdba"
> at the command prompt it says insufficient privileges. My motherboard
> doesn't have a LAN card (i don't know if that may be a concern) but
> when i tried to install the server on a Windows 2000 machine at my
> office with the LAN card disabled (in an attempt to make it seem like a
> standalone machine) it ran successfully and readily allowed the system
> Administrator account as a DBA to login without a username/password. i
> can't figure out where something is going wrong on my home pc.
> Please give me your feedback and insight regarding any known issues
> with Oracle 8i, LAN card or Pentium III processors. For any suggestions
> with regards to a successful workaround for installing and running the
> database with OS authenticated DBA feel free to mail me.
> thanks,
> rishi.
What's not very clear, is what you mean by "gave the DBA privileges to my
Administrator account". As Sybrand suggested, if this is a local
administrator account and the account you used to install Oracle, there will
be a OS group called ora_dba (rather than oradba). That account will be
member of the ora_dba group and the entry in sqlnet.ora should be there
already. Another thing you didn't indicate is whether you can connect
Normal to the database. Is the problem ALL connections or just SYSDBA
connections?
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Randy Harris
(tech at promail dot com)
Received on Sat Feb 26 2005 - 08:53:45 CST
