RE: Password file not getting updated

>> I do not think rman has to do with /usr/X11R6/bin directory, >> I believe X11R6 is related to xwindows server. This is correct, but on an HPUX server, there is no rman under X11. On a SLES Linux server, I see the following (immediately after login):

oracle_at_moorland:~> id
uid=1002(oracle) gid=1000(oinstall) groups=1000(oinstall),1003(dba) oracle_at_moorland:~> whereis rman
rman: /usr/X11R6/bin/rman /usr/bin/X11/rman /usr/X11/bin/rman

So, there *is* an rman executable under X11. The PATH on this box, after calling oraenv is:

oracle_at_moorland:~> echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin:/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0.3/db_1/bin

So, X11 is higher up the PATH than Oracle. Result, rman executes from X11 and not from Oracle Home, and hangs as reported by the OP. adding the '-h' switch gives this:

oracle_at_moorland:~> /rman -h
rman

[-f <ASCII|roff|TkMan|Tk|Sections|HTML|XML|MIME|LaTeX|LaTeX2e|RTF|pod>]
[-S(ource of man page passed in)] [-F(ormatted man page passed in)]
[-r <man reference printf string>] [-l <title printf string>]
[-V(olume) <colon-separated list>] [-U(RLs as hyperlinks)]
[-b (show subsections)] [-k(eep head/foot)]
[-n(ame of man page) <string>] [-s(ection) <string>]
[-p(aragraph mode toggle)] [-t(abstops spacing) <number>]
[-N(ormalize spacing, changebars)] [-y (zap hyphens toggle)]
[-K (declare that page has no breaks)]
[-d(iff) <file> (diff of old page source to incorporate)]
[-M(essage) <text> (included verbatim at end of Name section)]
[-R(ebus words for TkMan)] [-C (enable Tcl/Tk formatting)]
[-o (no op)] [-O <arg> (no op with arg)]
[-q(uiet--don't report warnings)] [-h(elp)] [-v(ersion)]
     [<filename>]

None of which is anything to do with Oracle.

Setting an alias works:

oracle_at_moorland:~> alias rman='${ORACLE_HOME}/bin/rman' oracle_at_moorland:~> alias
...
alias rman='${ORACLE_HOME}/bin/rman'
...

And, it can now be run:

oracle_at_moorland:~> rman

Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production on Wed Oct 12 11:17:30 2011 Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. RMAN> HTH Cheers,
Norm.

Norman Dunbar
Contract Senior Oracle DBA
Capgemini Database Build Team
Internal : 7 28 2051
External : 0113 231 2051

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