Re: 9iR2 on SuSE - where is oratab?

Glen A Stromquist wrote:

> Zafer AKTAN wrote:
>
>> Glen A Stromquist wrote:
>>
>>> After some minor hair-pulling I've managed to get the 9i software
>>> installed on SuSE 7.3 pro, despite mysteriously losing the
>>> functionality of "su" somehow near the end of the install.(I had to
>>> log out and back in as root to run the root.sh script then do a
>>> manual "relink all") But I'm missing the oratab file, I found this
>>> out when after using dbca to create some basic create scripts it
>>> goes ahead and tries to create the database anyway.
>>>
>>> Thinking back thru the install I *think* that I may have
>>> accidentally ran the root.sh script rather than the orainstRoot.sh
>>> script when prompted to. I think that this would also explain why
>>> the universal installer does not see anything installed when I get
>>> it to check for installed products (I was going to blow it all away
>>> and redo from scratch, *taking notes this time*)
>>>
>>> I cant find the orainstRoot.sh file so I'm assuming that its
>>> created/deleted during the install? Can I run it again (if I find
>>> it) or should I just take the oratab file from an 8i install on SuSE
>>> and edit it. There is also the issue of the inventory pointer that I
>>> think the .sh script creates. I'd like to probably do a re-install
>>> just for the sake of it, but I'd like to have the OUI do the
>>> de-install first.
>>>
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>> I have not installed 9i on SuSE, but on Red Hat Linux the oratab file
>> is located under the /etc directory. Check it out, maybe installing
>> it there under SuSE Linux too.
>> hope this proves helpful
>> regards
>> Zafer AKTAN
>> Oracle DBA/Developer
>>
> thanks..
> Yes, thats where its supposed to be, but its noe,so its a simple
> enough file I'll just create it. (In hindsight I should have titled
> this post different) I'm more concerned about the inventory pointer
> and can/if I should run the orainstroot.sh file again. The relink all
> command seemed to go ok, so I guess I'll create a clone db of a
> production db and have some clients connect & see what happens...
>

On my AIX machine it is at /var/tmp/oracle if that helps.

Personally ... I'd just use find ... and then go out to lunch.

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