Re: Installation problem - not owner

check /etc/passwd

        /etc/groups
for correct settings.
double check your permissions
chown oracle:dba /opt/oracle, or whatever the dir is you're trying to install to.

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999 22:35:17 -0600, Sundar Raman <cybertoast_at_mindless.com> wrote:

>I'm having some problems installing Oracle 8 on Solaris. After
>selecting all the components that I wish to install, I find that the
>oracle install crashes with the error "can't create directory <blah>.
>is not owner". <blah> is usually a directory in product/8.0.5/orainst.
>checking the directory permissions indicates that the oracle user (which
>is the login performing the install), does indeed own all the
>directories in the path. moreover, the directory that is being
>complained about has already been created!
>
>i am unable to proceed with the install at this point. i've created the
>environment variables, have tried to install both the custom and the
>default systems, and have tried all the options that i can think of.
>
>not sure what more information to provide that might be helpful for
>anyone that might be able to help me get to the bottom of this problem.
>
>thanks for any and all help.
>cheers.
>

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