How do I fix error ORA-01031 insufficient privileges?

How do I fix error ORA-01031 insufficient privileges?

Trusted Oracle users who receive error ORA-01031 yet have been granted the proper privileges at a higher level must be granted the right privileges again. You may need to add the user to the database administrator group if you are encountering problems starting up Oracle. This can easily be done from the menu bar.

What are system privileges in Oracle?

A system privilege is the right to perform a particular action or to perform an action on any object of a particular type. Objects include tables, views, materialized views, synonyms, indexes, sequences, cache groups, replication schemes and PL/SQL functions, procedures and packages.

When does ora-01031 fail with insufficient privilege?

The ORA-01031 is very generic error and normally users will receive this error when users don’t have appropriate privilege. Users may able to connect to database successfully using password authentication and OS authentication may fails with “ ORA-01031 ”. Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. // without the appropriate privilege.

Why do I have insufficient privileges in Oracle?

Some of the more common causes are: You tried to change an Oracle username or password without having the appropriate privileges. You tried to perform an UPDATE to a table, but you only have SELECT access to the table. You tried to start up an Oracle database using CONNECT INTERNAL.

What to do if you get an ora-01032 error?

Action: Ask the database administrator to perform the operation or grant the required privileges. For Trusted Oracle users getting this error although granted the appropriate privilege at a higher label, ask the database administrator to re-grant the privilege at the appropriate label. Steve Callan has these notes on the ORA-01032 error:

Can a DBA grant privileges to an Oracle user?

You can have the Oracle DBA grant you the appropriate privileges that you are missing. You can have the Oracle DBA execute the operation for you. If you are having trouble starting up Oracle, you may need to add the Oracle user to the dba group.