First off, you should not be connecting as sys on a regular basis, so making it harder is a good thing. Makes us think about what we're doing. Anyway, my experience is that whenever you want to connect as SYS you have to do so AS SYSDBA.
Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 12:29 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I have created my first 9i database on OS/390 v2.10. On my Oracle 8i instance, I can connect to the database using: sys/[EMAIL PROTECTED] HOWEVER, In Oracle 9i, I cannot do this. I am FORCED to connect using: sys/[EMAIL PROTECTED] as sysdba I was wondering if this was a new 9i "feature" or if it was configurable? Or just a weird thing because of the mainframe environment. Comments please. Thanks in Advance - Babette -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Babette Turner-Underwood INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Goulet, Dick INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).