Beginner, Syntax error 8i

Hi , I am a beginner but we all have to start, in the documentation I have it says the following :-

 useradd -c oracle -d /home/oracle \ -g oinstall -G dba -m -u 300 -s /bin/ksh oracle "Return"

So I am typing the above but I get the result there is a syntax error

I am not getting to passwd oracle

This is what I am trying to do:-

Create a Unix user that will be the Oracle software owner. You can call it anything you like, but the standard is "oracle". If you will be installing Oracle on multiple servers on your network, you might want to keep the userid the same on all servers. Note that this user's home directory will not be the ORACLE_HOME or where the actual Oracle software is installed; this user's home directory should be in the same place as other users' home directories. You should make oinstall the primary group and dba the secondary group. You can create your oracle user with the admin tool, or with commands like:

I know its going to be really silly but what am I doing wrong ?

Regards

Dave Received on Sat Jan 12 2002 - 11:30:52 CST