Re: Problem with SQLPLUS for Linux

"IANAL_VISTA" <IANAL_Vista_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns96A47206C798BSunnySD_at_68.6.19.6...
> Michael McGuire <michael_at_mrmsoft.com> wrote in
> news:pan.2005.07.31.16.57.59.395674_at_mrmsoft.com:
>
>> On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:45:02 +0100, star69 wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, I've downloaded from oracle.com this software to connect with
>>> a Oracle server from my university:
>> --- snip - snip - snip
>>> But when I run sqlplus I get:
>>>
>>> sqlplus: error while loading shared libraries: libsqlplus.so:
>>> cannot
>>> open shared object file: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> I tried to define LD_LIBRARY_PATH with the directory, I also add that
>>> directory to PATH, but I've got the same error. I'm using Ubuntu
>>> Linux. Any idea?
>>>
>>> Thank you very much.
>>
>> The libraries are owned by oracle:oinstall. I made my user a member of
>> the oinstall group and was able to invoke sqlplus. This isn't the
>> correct approach but it allowed me to continue on. I'm still looking
>> for the correct answer in the docs.
>>
>
> I suspect that root.sh was NOT run after the installation;
> which changes the protection masks on key files in the oracle tree.

only 7 months late, nice :-) Received on Sun Jul 31 2005 - 15:59:35 CDT