Re: Unix permissions

I typically set utl_file to /tmp/oracle/$ORACLE_SID. The /tmp dir (setuid bit set) allows oracle to write and anyone to read. It protects users from overwriting Oracle files. Nothing for the sysadmin to change :)

Gene

>>> john.dunn_at_sefas.co.uk 02/07/02 04:53AM >>>
Since we use utl_file to read/write files from our application directories(which are not owned by oracle), we need to set the permissions on these directories so that Oracle has permission to read and write to them.

However we run into problems because Systems Admin guys do not like :

1. setting 777 permissions on the directories
2. making our application user a member of the oracle group

Anyone had the same problems?

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