Re: Oracle 8i Installation Question

Frankie Li wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm new to Oracle and recently I was asked to prepare some
> installation standard for this product on AIX.
>
> Following the installation guide, I create the account "oracle" which
> has primary group "oinstall" and secondary group "dba". So I start to
> install the product into a file system mount point named "/u01" which
> is owned by "sys.sys" by default.
>
> After installation complete, I am surprised that the ownership of the
> whole tree of this product has become "oracle.sys" except the
> "../oraInventory/". The "../oraInventory/" directory is owned by
> "oracle.oinstall".
>
> Now I puzzle, why only this "oraInventory" is owned by oinstall group
> but not the others? Does it mean that I can in fact create another
> group, such as "ora" to own the product trees except "oraInventory"
> directory? Is "oinstall" group only need for "oraInventory"? Or in
> fact the whole product trees must be owned by "oinstall" group?
>
> I don't want the product to be owned by "sys" group and need to find
> another group to own the product. The installation result give me the
> feeling that "oinstall" group is only required in "oraInventory". I
> worry that making the whole tree owned by "oinstall" may be
> inappropriate if "oinstall" group has special meanings.
>
> Which should I pick, "oinstall" or another group such as "ora"? Anyone
> can advise please? Thanks.
>
> Earthy

Oracle appears to have handled the installation correctly. Just document what it has done.

You definitely do not want root to own anything.

Daniel Morgan Received on Thu Jun 13 2002 - 10:26:26 CDT