Re: AIX/Oracle9i: OraInventory Permissions Problem

Set all the affected volumes to be owned by Oracle with a group ownership of oinstall. Read the documentation carefully and it will elaborate on specific permissions that must be set on directories and files.

Good Luck!
Chris

"Alvaro Fuentes" <alvarof2_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:8Ew28.10699$HS4.563316_at_typhoon.austin.rr.com...
>
> Fellow Oracle'ers:
>
> I am intending to install Oracle9i Enterprise in a RS/6000 AIX 4.3.3.0
> for evaluation.
>
> The installation will use the mount point /u01 where the logical volume
> /dev/lv02,
> on hdisk1 is mounted. AIX is in hdisk0. All the pre-reqs and the env
> variables are
> set to Oracle9i specs for AIX.
>
> The DBA user, "oracle", home is in /u01/app/oracle in the lv02 of hdisk1
> (instead of /home/oracle hdisk0). oracle user, group dba owns /u01 and
> $ORACLE_HOME,
> etc. with full writing, reading and executing permisions.
>
> $ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
> $ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/products/9.0.1/OraHome1
> etc, all owned by oracle (DBAOPER), group dba, and chmod 755, or 777.
>
>
> Now, the logical volume lv02 has read/write permissions, and write-verify
> enabled.
> Also, as root, I changed /dev and /dev/lv02 to full write chmod 777.
>
> The problem is: As I launch the installer and after asking for the
directory
> where oraInventory will be which I use the default:
>
> $ORACLE_BASE/oraInventory
>
> the installer asks for the UNIX group that will upgrade oracle software,
> or instructs to leave a blank if I want root to have this permission.
> Doesn't matter what group I enter, dba, oinstall, sys, system, etc. and
> blank, the
> installer comes with:
>
> "Unable to set the Inventory. You may not have the proper permissions."
>
> The question is: Are there additional permissions that I need to set, if
> Oracle is going to be in a different pv (AIX physical Volume, ie hdisk)?
> or is this a bug in the Oracle Universal Installer 2.0.1?
> Any light on this issue will be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> A piece of additional information is that
> if I designate the lv (AIX logical volume) in which /u01 is mounted in the
> same hdisk
> where the AIX OS is, in this case hdisk0 (instead of hdisk1), with the
same
> set permissions for the env variables, the installer runs OK.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Alvaro Fuentes
> afuentes_at_goodpremises.com
> 512-297-9937
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Received on Sun Jan 20 2002 - 21:00:42 CST