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On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 22:41:13 -0400, Ryan wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Does anyone know why Oracle wants the oraInventory file in /opt/oracle?
> I did a previous installation, and have a feeling that a file is left
> over. Where does this info reside? I looked at the the runInstaller.sh
> shell script, and could not find a reference to this.
>
> Thanks for any insight,
> Ryan
>
> [oracle_at_pooh Disk1]$ ./runInstaller
> [oracle_at_pooh Disk1]$ You do not have permission to write to the \
> inventory /opt/oracle/oraInventory. Installation \
> cannot continue.: Permission denied
I spoke to soon. A strings on runInstaller pointed me to /etc/ora*.
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