Re: Oracle problem on Red Hat Linux 6.1

This is a bit of a shot in the dark, but when you don't know what the problem is ....

Redhat's default permisions on user directories protect them from access by other users. So if you used useradd to create the Oracle user and put the oracle distribution under that tree, then other users would not be able to get to the libraries even though the library and the lib directory all have the right permisions.

Dudley Irish
Ars Magna, Inc.

"Dennis Edward" <temp061900_at_ipipeline.net> writes:

> >
> > They are; if they weren't I would get an "ORACLE not available" error.
> > I don't. This is an initial installation of Oracle on Linux.
>
> I think that it's a good working hypothesis that the problem is
> permissions-related. Things that come to mind are:
>
> 1) Setgid problem (already dismissed)
> 2) permissions on required files (libraries)
> 3) permissions on directories (x vs r especially)
>
> I suppose there's also a possibility that the env vars (like
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH) are set slightly differently for oracle and not-oracle; but
> I seem to remember you dismissed that idea as well. Just for reference,
> here's my permissions on the lib in question and the containing directory.
> Maybe it'll help - or ring a bell.
>
>
> [oracle_at_snuffy lib]> ls -l libskg*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 4847 Jun 14 1999 libskgxp8.so
> -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 4847 Jun 10 1999 libskgxpd.so
> [oracle_at_snuffy lib]> ls -ld .
> drwxr-x--x 2 oracle dba 2048 Aug 19 1999 .
> [oracle_at_snuffy lib]>
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