Question Re: -24950,ERR_USRFAIL: User authorization failed in Technology Q&A https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-q-a/24950-err-usrfail-user-authorization-failed/qaa-p/11738647#M4393698 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>looks like the error is password incorrect.</P><P></P><P>Please manually check the password via connecting maxdb:</P><P></P><P>dbmcli -d &lt;dbsid&gt; -u &lt;username&gt;,&lt;password&gt; db_state</P><P></P><P>check if the username and password are correct</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 17 Jul 2016 02:02:25 GMT JamesZ 2016-07-17T02:02:25Z -24950,ERR_USRFAIL: User authorization failed https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-q-a/24950-err-usrfail-user-authorization-failed/qaq-p/11738646 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have upgraded maxdb from 7.6 to 7.8, I had to reset passwords for control and superdba , after that&nbsp; upgrade when I do startsap , DB instance is not starting , I have already updated control and superba passwords in xuser .</P><P></P><P></P><P>Please let me know what else should I be looking at to start the db instance</P><P></P><P>2016-07-13 11:28:49 17472 INF&nbsp; 12903&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; XServer on port 7200 started</P><P>2016-07-13 11:28:49 17472 INF&nbsp; 13010&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; installation DEV&nbsp; - path: /sapmnt/DEV/db</P><P>2016-07-13 11:28:50 17504 INF&nbsp; 12798 NISERVER NI support started.</P><P>2016-07-13 11:28:50 17504 INF&nbsp; 12949 NISSLSRV SSL/TLS support not configured</P><P>2016-07-13 11:28:50 17504 INF&nbsp; 12903&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sdbgloballistener on port 7210 started</P><P></P><P></P><P>------------------------------ Wed Jul 13 11:28:50 EDT 2016</P><P>Starting database</P><P></P><P></P><P>Starting Database Instance...</P><P>Error! Connection failed to node sap01 for database DEV:</P><P>-24950,ERR_USRFAIL: User authorization failed</P><P></P><P></P><P>Opening Database...</P><P>Error! Connection failed to node sap01 for database DEV:</P><P>-24950,ERR_USRFAIL: User authorization failed</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Jul 2016 20:00:57 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-q-a/24950-err-usrfail-user-authorization-failed/qaq-p/11738646 Former Member 2016-07-13T20:00:57Z Re: -24950,ERR_USRFAIL: User authorization failed https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-q-a/24950-err-usrfail-user-authorization-failed/qaa-p/11738647#M4393698 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>looks like the error is password incorrect.</P><P></P><P>Please manually check the password via connecting maxdb:</P><P></P><P>dbmcli -d &lt;dbsid&gt; -u &lt;username&gt;,&lt;password&gt; db_state</P><P></P><P>check if the username and password are correct</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 17 Jul 2016 02:02:25 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-q-a/24950-err-usrfail-user-authorization-failed/qaa-p/11738647#M4393698 JamesZ 2016-07-17T02:02:25Z