Re: Oracle problem on Red Hat Linux 6.1

Brings back !happy memories.

I used to try to get Oracle to run on Redhat 6.1 but I stopped after I remembered that there's more to life than ......(you get the drift).

Go with Sun Solaris (Intel) instead is my advice.

David N. Pomphrey OCP [DBA] MCP [TCP/IP] B.Tech.

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ddf_dba_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>
> 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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Received on Wed Jun 21 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT