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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: Critical Patch Update January 2006 Pre-Installation Note (Gotcha Addendum)
Thought some of you Linux/Unix people might want to see this. It appears
to have already got somebody in our org.
Forwarded from an email I just received in-house.
Dear Oracle Customer,
You are receiving this email because our records indicated you downloaded OPatch 1.0.0.0.54 and 10.2.0.1.1 before OPatch 1.0.0.0.55 and 10.2.0.1.2 were available.
A change of behavior in OPatch versions 1.0.0.0.54 and 10.2.0.1.1 was causing file permissions under Oracle_Home to be changed incorrectly when applying an interim patch. As a result, a non-DBA user would not be able to connect to any database from the patched server. This issue affected Unix and Linux platforms only. The behavior is corrected in OPatch versions 1.0.0.0.55 and 10.2.0.1.2 that are available on MetaLink via Patches 2617419 and 4898608 respectively.
If you have experienced this problem after applying an interim patch using OPatch versions 1.0.0.0.54 or 10.2.0.1.1, reapplying the interim patch using versions 1.0.0.0.55 and 10.2.0.1.2 will correct the problem. If the interim patch that you applied was Critical Patch Update January 2006 and reapplying the patch is not feasible, please be aware that a script is being developed to correct the file permission so re-installation would not be necessary. The availability of this script will be announced shortly in the Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2006 Pre-Installation Note for Oracle Database (Note 343384.1) and the Pre-Installation Notes for other products.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience you may have experienced, and we thank you for your patience and cooperation in keeping your Oracle products up-to-date.
Regards,
Oracle Global Product Support
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of
> mark.brinsmead_at_shaw.ca
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:14 PM
> To: stellr_at_cns.vt.edu
> Cc: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> Subject: Re: Critical Patch Update January 2006 Pre-Installation Note
>
> Yup. Already learned that one the hard way...
>
> Just one more reason to wait a little while before starting
> to apply the patches. If only the "fine people" who like to
> release exploit details the day that the patches are
> announced would be good
> enough to allow us that luxury... :-(
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: stellr_at_cns.vt.edu (Ray Stell)
> Date: Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:03 pm
> Subject: Critical Patch Update January 2006 Pre-Installation Note
>
> > One more pass through the cpujan2006 docs which seems to be
> a work in
> > progress. Lots of red ink today:
> >
> > "OPatch Version 1.0.0.0.55 is mandatory for Oracle
> Database Version
> > 9.2.x and 10.1.x."
> >
> > In case you are testing with something else, timing really is
> > everything...
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-- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Fri Jan 27 2006 - 07:33:36 CST
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