Re: Install Oracle not using Oracle ID

From: Neil Chandler <oracle_at_tchp2.tcamuk.stratus.com>
Date: 1998/01/26
Message-ID: <slrn6cp7m2.1t9.oracle@tchp2.tcamuk.stratus.com>#1/1

In article <34C78ECC.7626_at_lmco.com>, Karuna Bhatia wrote:

I assume that you are using Unix.

It is irrelevant with Oracle what your user is. I have several Oracle installations on the same machine using different user id's. e.g. Oracle72, Oracle73 and Oracle80

However, using a different GROUP can cause problems. The group of DBA is hard-coded into oracle. Using a group other than DBA means that you have to recompile the oracle executables afer changing a library (I forget which).

regs

Neil Chandler.

>Is it recommended to install Oracle executables using an id that is not
>oracle? We are having tons of problems. Has anyone ever done this?
Received on Mon Jan 26 1998 - 00:00:00 CST