Re: OWS-08802 when trying to start admin

Thank's for the tip.

I changed my domain name in network setting and it worked.

It seems that you must use the same domain name in NT installation and in OWS setup. I probably mistyped my domain name in OWS installation and OWS admin didn't work.

Bruce Myers wrote:

> I had this same problem and found that OWS 3.0 likes to be on a server
> which is on a domain such as some_domain_name.com instead of
> some_domain_name (with no further .com, .org etc etc). So in the NT network
> setup, I changed the domain temporarily to "dataprofit.com", reinstalled
> the OWS software, and the OWS admin listener worked fine. I then
> changed the NT domain name back to "dataprofit" (without the .com) and
> everything worked fine.
>
> The reason behind all this is that OWS looks in the
> $ORACLE_HOME/OWS/admin/OWS/WEBSITE30\HTTPD_<insert machine & domain name
> here> directory for the "Admin" directory and associated files. I could not
> find a way to make the OWS look anywhere else (i.e. without the .COM on the
> directory name).
>
> I got my answer from Oracle support a month or so ago. Hope this helps.
>
> --
> Bruce Myers
> Sr. Oracle Database Admin
> DataProfit Corp
 

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