Re: Installing 8.1.6.1 on Linux RedHat v7

> > I would suggest you copy over the binaries and libraries from your working
> > Redhat 6 box. This is normally not recommended however in this case it's
> > *exactly* what you want.
>
> Thanks Greg! I originally copied the Oracle 8.1.6 installation from my v6
> to v7 but found that I could not connect within
> svrmgrl:
>
> connect internal
> password:
>
> It kept asking me for a password even though the uid/gid of the user is
> identical to that of the v6 oracle user. That's why I did the fresh
> reinstall. I will try the stuff you recomended and see if I get it running.

Hm, that's odd, I never quite figured out how the dba/connect internal stuff was supposed to work. I suspect you'll actually find the v6 binaries now work since you've run the root.sh script from the fresh install. I suspect either the group, or user wasn't set up or something.

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greg