Re: Oracle 9i / AIX / trying to start DB / ORA-01031

There are a few possibilities, depending on how this was set up and what config was used.

1. From any use on that box that has the ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID set up properly

sqlplus 'sys/<password> as sysdba'

should get you in.

2) From the userid that installed the database and software you might be able to getis, with if configured for it, with

sqlplus '/ as sysdba'

Either way make sure you have quoted the entire string (as SQLPlus expects to see 'user/pass AS SYSDBA' as arg[1]) OR defer the userid stuff like

sqlplus /nolog
rem and after you're in
connect / as sysdba

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