If you want to do
connect sys/[EMAIL PROTECTED] as sysdba
then the database corresponding to TNS alias DWQ has to have remote_login_passwordfile EXCLUSIVE, and it needs to have a password file.
It is not clear to me from your e-mail if remote database DWQ has remote_login_passwordfile EXCLUSIVE.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> *** Comments by BECKER, BILL Thu Mar 06, 2003 -- 03:30:49 PM
> I have tried this, but it still does not work.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>select value from v$parameter
> 2 where name = 'remote_login_passwordfile';
>
> VALUE
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------
> EXCLUSIVE
>
> (This instance was bounced; not yet using spfiles.)
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>select * from v$pwfile_users;
>
> USERNAME SYSDB SYSOP
> ------------------------------ ----- -----
> SYS TRUE TRUE
>
> I have verified that the orapwDWQ file exists in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs
> with the correct unix perms.
>
> So I connect as sys to the local instance:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>connect sys/syspassword as sysdba
> Connected.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>sho user
> USER is "SYS"
>
> But when trying to connect to the remote instance:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>connect sys/[EMAIL PROTECTED] as sysdba
> ERROR:
> ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
>
> Do both instances need to have remote_login_passwordfile=EXCLUSIVE,
> or just the remote instance? Am I missing something else?
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> ______________
> *** Original message by Jacques Kilchoer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> As far as I know, it works like this:
> You will need to set init parameter
> REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORD_FILE to EXCLUSIVE.
> You then can sign on as SYS remotely, or as another user
> remotely if the
> other user has SYSDBA. See the users that have SYSDBA or SYSOPER in
> v$pwfile_users.
> As the view name suggests, you will also need a password file for the
> database, which should be created with the orapwd utility.
> $ orapwd
> Usage: orapwd file=<fname> password=<password> entries=<users>
>
> where
> file - name of password file (mand),
> password - password for SYS and INTERNAL (mand),
> entries - maximum number of distinct DBA and OPERs (opt),
> There are no spaces around the equal-to (=) character.
>
> Once you've done all that, you can connect remotely by saying
> the following
> in SQL*Plus:
> connect sys/[EMAIL PROTECTED] as sysdba
>
> But I don't think you will ever be able to do
> connect / as sysdba remotely. For one thing, the syntax in
> SQL*Plus is:
> Syntaxe : CONN[ECT] [logon] [AS {SYSDBA|SYSOPER}]
> ou <logon> ::= <username>[/<password>][@<connect_string>] | /
>
> So the logon is either username/[EMAIL PROTECTED] or else "/" all by
> itself. How would you tell SQL*Plus which remote database you want to
> connect to? I tried setting TWO_TASK to the tns_alias for the
> database, but
> that didn't help. It seems to me that when you enable remote
> SYSDBA logins
> Oracle will insist on verifying a password for the SYSDBA user in the
> password file.
> Or is there some clever trick I don't know about?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > env: Oracle 9.2.0.2 on Solaris 9.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a way to use the "/ as sysdba" logon remotely?
> > (to a separate Oracle instance on a separate machine)
> >
> > Other remote user logons work OK.
> >
> > I have tried several variations from sqlplus, such as
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>connect /@DWQ as sysdba
> > ERROR:
> > ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
> >
> > Warning: You are no longer connected to ORACLE.
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>connect sys/[EMAIL PROTECTED] as sysdba
> > ERROR:
> > ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>connect sys/exr_sys as [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > SP2-0306: Invalid option.
> > Usage: CONN[ECT] [logon] [AS {SYSDBA|SYSOPER}]
> > where <logon> ::= <username>[/<password>][@<connect_string>] | /
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>connect sys/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ERROR:
> > ORA-28009: connection to sys should be as sysdba or sysoper
> >
> > I also find I cannot even "connect sys/syspassword" locally:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>connect sys/sys_password
> > ERROR:
> > ORA-28009: connection to sys should be as sysdba or sysoper
> >
> > This does work locally, but not remotely:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>connect sys/sys_password as sysdba
> > Connected.
> >
> > I am a member of the dba group on both platforms.
> >
> > I have verified that I am using the correct sys_password for sys
> > on the remote instance.
> >
> > Eventually, I want to do a remote transportable tablespace
> > import, where
> > the userid would be listed in a parfile; I have tried the
> > same logons in
> > a parfile, and that also fails.
> >
> > I found a Metalink doc that says the
> O7_DICTIONARY_ACCESSIBILITY (sp?)
> > must be true to do this, but the same doc strongly advises
> > against setting
> > this to true.
> >
> > So, has anyone found a way to use the "/ as sysdba" logon remotely?
> > (without setting the O7 parameter to true)
