Re: Oracle problem on Red Hat Linux 6.1

In article <OpS35.1368$tz6.76621419_at_news1.van.metronet.ca>,   "Dennis Edward" <temp061900_at_ipipeline.net> wrote:
> >
> > 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]>
>
>

The directory and file permissions all match your listing. I am getting an 'unable to open transport' error -- any clues?

--
David Fitzjarrell
Oracle Certified DBA


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