Newbie question

I've just installed my first Oracle server (8) on a Solaris system - and I've got one (hopefully small) problem. When the installer tries to run dbAssist, I get the following message:

"Correct ORACLE_HOME operating system environment is not set or an incorrect value is passed for the command line 'orahome.' Set correct ORACLE_HOME environment variable or provide a correct value for the command line argument 'orahome."

I have very carefully set the ORACLE_HOME value in the path of not only the install user (an account named oracle, as described in the installation guide), but I;ve set it's path in all the system's user accounts. Ditto for the LD_LIBRARY_PATH (ORACLE_HOME/lib). Checking paths and environment confirms this.

Is this related to setting up the oratab file (/var/opt/oracle/oratab)? When I ran root.sh, the program set the location of ORACLE_HOME, but I see that it's not listed in oratab.

1. Do I need to manually put the ORACLE_HOME info in the oratab file? Will this allow .dbassist to run?
2. If so, what is the format for listing it in the file (meaning, could someone give me a real-world example of $ORACLE_SID:$ORACLE_HOME:<N|Y>: - the format listed in the file).
3. If oratab is not the reason ./dbassist is not working, does anyone have any idea of what the above-listed error message means?

Thanks!

DS Received on Fri Oct 19 2001 - 07:35:30 CDT