Amogh wrote:
> Raj wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I am a newbie and i am going through the Oracle DBA guide. It says
>> you should be able to use connect / as sysdba. But i am not able to
>> connect. I get the following error.
>>
>> ERROR:
>> ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
>>
>> I am in ORA_DBA group in windows. My init.ora file says
>> remote_login_passwordfile=EXCLUSIVE
>> My sqlnet.ora has the line authentication line commented out like
>> #SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NTS)
>>
>> I would appreciate any help.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Raj

>>
> The OS user you log in as must be part of the DBA group in /etc/group
> for SYSDBA connections and OPER group in /etc/group for SYSOPER
> connections.
>
I'm sorry. I missed reading that you are on windows.