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Checklist for Resolving CONNECT AS SYSDBA (INTERNAL) Issues (Doc ID 233223.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.1 to 11.2.0.3 [Release 9.2 to 11.2]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
 


Purpose

Checklist for Resolving CONNECT AS SYSDBA (INTERNAL) Issues.

Troubleshooting Steps

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In this Document
Purpose
Troubleshooting Steps
 1. Definition of OS authentication
 
 2. Definition of SYSDBA and SYSOPER  Privileges
 3. Resolving CONNECT AS SYSDBA on UNIX
 4. Resolving CONNECT AS SYSDBA on WINDOWS
 5. Resolving CONNECT AS SYSDBA on VMS
 6. Resolving CONNECT AS SYSDBA on Netware
 7. ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
 8. ORA-01017
References

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