ORA-01031

ORA-01031 insufficient privileges

What causes an ORA-01031 error?

An attempt was made to change the current username or password without the appropriate privilege. This error also occurs if attempting to install a database without the necessary operating system privileges.

How Xynomix can help

Ask the database administrator to perform the operation or grant the required privileges.

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