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Under HP-UX, root owns the block device, but oracle owns the character
device. That is /dev/dbvol/system (the block device) is owned by root but
/dev/dbvol/rsystem (the character device) is owned by oracle. I also use 640
on the device, with the group belonging to dba by default.
Andrew
awtracy_at_my-dejanews.com wrote:
> Oracle 8, AIX ...
>
> Can someone tell me who should own the raw devices created for an Oracle
> database ? I am presuming that they should be owned by 'oracle' with
> standard read/write privileges, or does root need to own them ?
>
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Received on Thu Apr 22 1999 - 03:08:29 CDT