Re: Install Oracle not using Oracle ID

The group DBA is desired but if you do not use it (and i haven't), the Oracle products
are re-linked, not recompiled (I know, I'm nit-picking). No changes to any libraries was required in Solaris.

Bruce Myers
Sr. Oracle Database Admin
DataProfit Corp

Neil Chandler wrote:

> 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 Tue Jan 27 1998 - 00:00:00 CST