Re: How to determine the OSDBA group?

I'm not sure it's 100% standard across all unix flavours - but look for:

$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib/config.c

This will contain a couple of defines like:

#define SS_DBA_GRP "dba"
#define SS_OPER_GRP "dba"

char *ss_dba_grp[] = {SS_DBA_GRP, SS_OPER_GRP};

Some platforms may have an assembler equivalent.

You can probably change the groups by editing this file, deleting config.o, then relinking, which usually requires a command like:

make -f ind_rdbms.mk oracle

    (does not replace oracle executable) or
make -f ind_rdbms.mk ioracle

    (replaces oracle executable in $ORACLE_HOME/bin)

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Richard Piasecki wrote in message ...


>On Sun, 9 Jun 2002 15:04:34 +0200, "Sybrand Bakker"

<postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote:


>

>Well, that's interesting. I wouldn't have expected Oracle to do it that

>way. So, that also means that, once you've installed the software, there

>is no way of changing those group designations. Interesting.

>

>Thanks very much for the information, Sybrand.

>

>

>--- Rich

>