Hi, I have a problem when using DBD::oracle when connecting as sysdba. All operating system commands which follow a successful connection return a non-zero status e.g. 
use DBD::Oracle qw(:ora_session_modes);   # Import ORA_SYSDBA constant

$dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:Oracle',"","",{
      PrintError => 0,
      AutoCommit => 1,
      ora_session_mode => ORA_SYSDBA });
if (! $dbh) {print "can't connect to instance as sysdba\n";exit;}

my $res = system("cp /tmp/pfile.ora /tmp/pfile.new.ora");
if ($res) {
       print "Unable to copy file\n$!\n";
}

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This gives 
Unable to copy config file
No child processes

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As per comments in the DBD::Oracle documentation if I change the connection to include a database e.g. 

$dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:Oracle:mySID',"","",{
      PrintError => 0,
      AutoCommit => 1,
      ora_session_mode => ORA_SYSDBA });
if (! $dbh) {print "can't connect to instance as sysdba\n";exit;}

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the connection doesn't work.
How do I connect as sysdba without using a username/password and not get a problem with subsequent Op sys commands that are run ?
Has anyone seen this before ?
I'm using DBD-Oracle-1.17 against a 10g R2 Oracle instance

In reply to DBD::oracle and sysdba problem by Anonymous Monk

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