first check whether you have DB_CONFIG file configured in your db environment home. - Jong ------------------------ Jong Hyuk Choi IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center - Enterprise Linux Group P. O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 email: jongchoi@us.ibm.com (phone) 914-945-3979 (fax) 914-945-4425 TL: 862-3979