Re: ./oratab.sh script says "GROUPS: readonly variable" on linux

Maybe you're using a non-bash shell, and oratab.sh doesn't conatian a #! line. Groups isn't read only in bash afaik. At least not in my version. try "/bin/sh ./oratab.sh"

In article <7p78ce$1fl$1_at_news.hccnet.nl>,

        "m.j. duijkers" <m.j.duijkers_at_hccnet.nl> writes:
> Hi there,
> I am trying to install Oracle for Linux standard edition 8.0.5 on Suze
> 2.0.35.
> The manual says I need to create a file called "oratab" using the script
> /oracle_install/oratab.sh.
> When executing the script from the bash shell as root , however, the script
> returns:
>
> ./oratab.sh: GROUPS: readonly variable
>
> I tried chmod'ing 700 the /etc/groups file but the error message remains.
>
> Is there anyone out there who khows how to
> A) avoid the error message
> and/or
> B) knows how to set the variable GROUPS to read and write?
>
>
>
> Thank you very much for any replies
> Michiel
> "In life we are all newbies"
>
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> ps: I am sorry about the crosspost but I don't know if it is a linux problem
> or an oracle problem...
>
>
>

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