Re: 9i linux install: permission problems: what is "oracle user"

From: Maxim Demenko <mdemenko_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:31:59 +0200
Message-ID: <eeev3d$2uf$02$1@news.t-online.com>

idiotprogrammer schrieb:
> Hi, I'm upgrading a 9i Oracle installation and running a patch on RHE
> 3. I'm having a permission problem. User bob ran the original install
> script. However, when user bob ran the upgrade patch with the Universal
> Installer (name: Oracle9i, path /data/oracle9i/OraHome1), it says you
> don't have the right to create dir OraHome1. I've verified that
> /data/oracle9i/OraHome1 exists; however, it isn't owned by bob; it is
> owned by user "oracle". So how do you solve that problem? Do I delete
> the OraHome1 directory and let the install/upgrade wizard create one?
> Or do I "su - oracle" . The thing is that I don't recall ever creating
> a user "oracle." Opinons?
>
>
> Robert Nagle
> idiotprogrammer
> Houston, Texas
>

I guess, user bob was a smart guy and read the installation manual... http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/install.102/b15660/inst_task.htm#sthref827

Best regards

Maxim Received on Fri Sep 15 2006 - 14:31:59 CDT