Database wont start up -- getting ORA-01031 error

[toddyl]

Hi,

I had a database running on HP-UX that was working fine up until this morning. I logged in as sysdba and shut it down. Later I went to start it up again but when I did:

sqlplus /nolog
connect sys/mypassword as sysdba

I got the error ORA-01031 -- insufficient privileges.

I did not change anything related to oracle so I cannot understand why I cannot log back in as sys and start the system.

If I try logging in as a different user I get:

ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
HP-UX Error: 2: No such file or directory

Anyone any idea why I cannot start up my system and how I can do so?

Thanks,

toddyl

 

[KenCunningham]

Well done, hadn't thoght of that!

 

[hoinz]

fine!
it's always wise to look around at various sites ...