Re: Problem when i change uid and guid

"Nuno Souto" <nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam> wrote in message news:3b852848.19995479_at_news...
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 16:51:25 +0200, "Audun" <audunlea_at_hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >If you use unix, UID is set in /etc/passwd, and GID in /etc/group
> >Use usermod-command to change a users UID.
>
> IIRC, he also needs to re-apply the "chmod" command to the ORACLE
> executable in $ORACLE_HOME/bin so that it becomes 4755? There is an
> install script that does set all group and file protection masks as
> they should be. It needs to be re-run after changing a uid and gid.
>
> There used to be a module that had to be re-compiled and re-linked to
> the ORACLE executable when gid changed. Dunno if it's still there,
> but used to be a problem in V7 and earlier. Best course of action was
> to re-link and re-grant rights after changing the gid/uid.
>
>
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam

And of course he also needs to chown *all* his Oracle related files, as the uid and gid are stored in the directory entry of the file.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA Received on Thu Aug 23 2001 - 13:23:46 CDT