bash-3.2$ sqlplus "/as sysdba"
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Thu Jul 23 11:12:10 2015
Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> show user
USER is "SYS"
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> show parameter REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE
NAME TYPE VALUE
------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------
remote_login_passwordfile string EXCLUSIVE
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> grant sysoper to admin;
Grant succeeded.
SQL> select * from v$pwfile_users;
USERNAME SYSDB SYSOP SYSAS
------------------------------ ----- ----- -----
SYS TRUE TRUE FALSE
ADMIN TRUE TRUE FALSE
SQL>conn admin/admin
SQL> show user
USER is "ADMIN"
SQL>
SQL> select * from v$tablespace;
TS# NAME INC BIG FLA ENC
---------- ------------------------------ --- --- --- ---
0 SYSTEM YES NO YES
1 SYSAUX YES NO YES
4 USERS YES NO YES
3 TEMP NO NO YES
6 EXAMPLE YES NO YES
5 UNDOTBS2 YES NO YES
6 rows selected.
SQL> conn admin/admin as sysdba
Connected.
SQL> show user
USER is "SYS"
SQL>
SQL>
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Thu Jul 23 11:12:10 2015
Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> show user
USER is "SYS"
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> show parameter REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE
NAME TYPE VALUE
------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------
remote_login_passwordfile string EXCLUSIVE
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> select * from v$pwfile_users;
USERNAME SYSDB SYSOP SYSAS
------------------------------ ----- ----- -----
SYS TRUE TRUE FALSE
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> create user admin identified by admin;
User created.
SQL> grant sysdba to admin;
Grant succeeded.
SQL> grant dba to admin;
Grant succeeded.
SQL>
SQL> select * from v$pwfile_users;
USERNAME SYSDB SYSOP SYSAS
------------------------------ ----- ----- -----
SYS TRUE TRUE FALSE
ADMIN TRUE FALSE FALSE
SQL>
SQL> grant sysoper to admin;
Grant succeeded.
SQL> select * from v$pwfile_users;
USERNAME SYSDB SYSOP SYSAS
------------------------------ ----- ----- -----
SYS TRUE TRUE FALSE
ADMIN TRUE TRUE FALSE
SQL>conn admin/admin
SQL> show user
USER is "ADMIN"
SQL>
SQL> select * from v$tablespace;
TS# NAME INC BIG FLA ENC
---------- ------------------------------ --- --- --- ---
0 SYSTEM YES NO YES
1 SYSAUX YES NO YES
4 USERS YES NO YES
3 TEMP NO NO YES
6 EXAMPLE YES NO YES
5 UNDOTBS2 YES NO YES
6 rows selected.
but when you go to shutdown databasethen use sysdba role
SQL>
SQL> conn admin/admin as sysdba
Connected.
SQL>
SQL> shut immediate;
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL>
Connected.
SQL> show user
USER is "SYS"
SQL>
SQL>
if use without as sysdba so you got ora error
SQL>
SQL> conn admin/admin
Connected.
SQL>
SQL> shut immediate
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
SQL>