Re: WebDB install problems on solaris7

John Griffin wrote:

> Sean,
>
> I am having the same problem on NT. I have tried your proposed solution but
> the installer syas that I cannot use the same ORACLE_HOME as Oracle 8i. Any
> ideas to get around this? Do I have to do a manual install?
>
> John Griffin
> jgriffin_at_boyne.u-net.com
>
> Sean Zhang wrote:
>
> > Hi, Mareike,
> >
> > I got the same problem some weeks ago on Sloaris 2.6.
> > I solved it by using the same ORACLE_HOME with Oracle 8i,
> > that means you only need One Oracle_home, webdb files are
> > stored in $ORACLE_HOME/webdb directory.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Sean Zhang
> > mailto:sean_at_cnfei.com
> >
> > Mareike Ernst <ernst_at_sipri.se> wrote in message
> > news:3778D522.E143950A_at_sipri.se...
> > > This is a cry for help:
> > >
> > > OS: Solaris 7
> > > Oracle 8i
> > >
> > > Situation: Only one database (clean, no frills) running. Sqlplus
> > > connection (with sys or whatever as login), listeners etc work fine. In
> > > other words everything is as it should be with the db.
> > >
> > > Then... I run the WebDB install program, specifying that I want to
> > > install WebDB into the same ORACLE_BASE but a different ORACLE_HOME from
> > > 8i.
> > > Works fine until I get to the bit where the SYS password is needed -
> > > there isn't a whole lot of choice here as I only have one db running.
> > > Whatever I try to write in fails...
> > >
> > > Where does the WebDB installer look for passwd/db information? Any
> > > ideas at all what to do, anyone? Anyone else this has happened to?
> > >
> > > I've evn tried a manual install but this fails round about the bit where
> > > further configurations are supposed to be carried out via a webpage,
> > > which never appears even there is SOMETHING on the port where it should
> > > be.
> > >
> > > Please mail my work address, I will post a summary if applicable!
> > >
> > > cheers
> > > Mareike
> > >
> > >

I was unable to install it on 8.0.5 on NT until I basically did a default installation (i.e. did select the custom thing). Received on Tue Jun 29 1999 - 18:33:54 CDT