Re: can't create a first database! cant attach to shared memory

Did you read the installation instructions on the CD? Set the correct values for semaphores and shared memory?

Daniel Morgan

Matthias Leonhardt wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I got the Oracle 8.1.7i installed on a Suse linux 7.2 - System.
> I also installed the patch for glib 2.1.
> the dbassist created a script to install a first database
> but it fails with executing the line
>
> SVRMGR> startup nomount pfile =
> "/opt/oracle/admin/oracledb/pfile/initoracledb.ora"
> ORA-27123: unable to attach to shared memory segment
> Linux Error: 13: Permission denied
>
> all files of $ORACLE_HOME are owned by oracle:oinstall and the script
> and smvrgrl is executed as oracle:oinstall
>
> please help me to get this work.
>
> thanks,
> bye, Matthias Leonhardt
Received on Mon Apr 08 2002 - 16:12:03 CDT