Re: oracle 8.1.5 i "ORACLE: not available" installation problem

In article <dUF36.230244$yO2.6881390_at_telenews.teleline.es>,   "renato dall'armi" <renato_dallarmi_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> hi there, I'm trying to install oracle on my sparc ultra 60. I'm using
> solaris 2.6, I did not install any solaris patch ( i'm not aware of
 any).
> The installation seem to go fine, but when the db assistant starts,
 and it
> is trying to create a database ( if choose one with pre set
 properties form
> the cd the outcome is the same) , I get an error: "ORACLE: not
 available"
> any tip?
> Renato Dall'armi
>
>

Such error is usually being caused by
a not setting ORACLE_SID and ORACLE_HOME b installing under root
c incorrect protection for the Oracle executables above all the setuid bit on the Oracle executable itself. The correct protections are listed in the Getting Started Manual, chapter 4.

Hth,

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Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

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