Re: Oracle 8.1.5i on Linux - can't create a database!

We had a similar problem with password prompt for internal. In our case it turned out the problem was in our sqlnet.ora file. We had copied one from an NT server, which had been set to use NT account authentication. Needless to say that doesn't work too well on Linux.

Peter

John Wang wrote:
>
> For some reason, after applying the 8i patch, when i connect through
> internal, it started asking me for password. I think that is why the script
> is failing. so, if you modify the script it generates, it should be ok.
>
> one thing I do not understand is that why Oracle wants to install the
> software under oinstall group. It does not make any sense to me. If I have
> another user in dba group, that user cannot read/write to the Oracle home
> directory. Any body has any idea why Oracle wants this oinstall group?
>
> Thanks
>
> jw
> Don Mark <donmark_at_earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:37E24BAC.FE62546B_at_earthlink.net...
> > Try Running connecting manually via svrmgrl to determine if it may be a
> path
> > problem or maybe the init.ora is not in the specified directory. You can
> then
> > vi the script and rerun the script.
> >
> > Robert Claeson wrote:
> >
> > > I'm installing 8.1.5i on Red Hat Linux 6.0 and am having problems
> creating
> > > databases with it. I've made sure that all the prerequisites are ok
> (kernel
> > > params, compatibility rpm's etc). Db Assistant generates errors. A
> closer
> > > inspection shows that the errors comes from the scripts it generates,
> > > although there's really nothing wrong with them.
> > >
> > > After svrmgrl is started, the script connects with "connect internal".
> That
> > > works ok. Then it performs:
> > >
> > > startup nomount pfile = /u01/oradata/admin/ORCL/pfile/initORCL.ora
> > >
> > > Now, svrmgrl responds with TWO messages:
> > > ORACLE instance started.
> > > ORA-01012: not logged on
> > >
> > > Then the script tries to create a database with "create database yadda
> > > yadda..." but it fails since the connection to the database is lost.
> Anybody
> > > has a clue about what's going on here!?
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > Robet
> >
> >
Received on Mon Sep 20 1999 - 06:22:50 CDT