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Re: Oracle database auto-start on Unix

From: bill thater <shrekdba_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 14:27:40 -0500
Message-ID: <a1d204910605041227m4ba77895m861425931a9886f7@mail.gmail.com>


On 5/4/06, Fred Smith <fred_fred_1_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you, that is the question I had. Is it possible to configure a server
> to allow users without root privileges to set a database to auto-start in
> unix?

AFAIK, doing an "auto-start" [and "auto-stop" for that matter] requires a call from a script in /etc/init.d, but if i recall correctly the script itself runs as the user that owns the oracle software and not as root.

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