Oracle-L: RE: slightly OT, permissions unix/oracle puzzler

From: John Kanagaraj <john.kanagaraj_at_hds.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 13:17:55 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00491A79.20020708131755@fatcity.com>

Hi Kathy,

> Ok then why would my oem on one solaris system write files as
> 664 and another write files as 644?
> both databases have '_trace_files_public = TRUE' parameter.
> both are writing out files using utl_file. The only
> difference is one sits on a Netapp filer.

Was the Database/Listener bounced after a change in umask? This _could_ explain the difference in behaviour... The values are read during process startup - a change in umask would not be noticed unless the Db/listener is bounced. Was this the case? I am confused too!

John Kanagaraj
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