Re: Changing the uid/gid for oracle/dba on an Oracle 8(HPUX)

Stuart,

        I agree with the other poster that you would probably have to relink. Even though you didn't change the text value of the dba group, you still changed the way it is internally known to Unix. Plus, what does it cost you to relink, 2 minutes??

In $O_H/rdbms/lib
make -f ins_rdbms.mk install will relink everything for the rdbms.

As an example, an SA at a previous shop changed the uid of oracle while the system was up and running. At that point we could no longer get to the shmem segment and could do nothing else until the SA changed it back. Granted we were dealing with a running instance at the time and connecting a memory segment to a user, but the analogy is the same.

As far as being able to start up immediately after install, the installer will automatically relink the executables on a fresh install. It has no choice. In orainst, look at the make.log file to check.

On Fri, 04 Sep 1998 16:50:20 +1000, Stuart Walker <swalker_at_westpac.com.au> wrote:

>Don't forget that we didn't actual change the name of the group - only
>its uid(numeric group id). I know that in
>$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib/config.c, there are references to the "dba"
>group, but not to the actual gid(numeric group id). Also, you don't
>necessarily have to relink after the installation - it will normally run
>immediately. So, presumeably there is something else?? There may be an
>issue with the fact that we're running on a trusted system...
>
>John P. Higgins wrote:
>>
>> The dba group was linked into the code at install time. You need to find the
>> module and change the group and then re-make oracle!
Received on Fri Sep 04 1998 - 13:09:49 CDT