Re: Problems installing Oracle OID (10g)

From: Laurenz Albe <no.spam_at_here.invalid>
Date: 07 Jul 2005 13:42:42 GMT
Message-ID: <1120743761.323472@proxy.dienste.wien.at>

ohaya <ohaya_at_cox.net> wrote:

>> > In another log, we found a set of Java exceptions indication "Connection
>> > refused", and indicating port 389.
>> 
>> Oracle [used to] check for the existance of an entry in /etc/services at
>> port 389 - if the entry existed, even if it was commented out, OiD would
>> install using a port in the 3xxx range, beyond the '1024 privileged' area.

>
> I'm 100% sure that we did not remove or comment out the port 389 and 636
> entries in /etc/services. Could this why we got the "bind failed", then
> the Java "connection refused" errors during the OID Configuration
> Assistant part of the installation?

Maybe the installation procedure for Solaris is very different from the one on Linux, but if not, these are my experiences:

The OID Configuration postinstall task sometimes fails, I assume because oidldapd does not start fast enough. I had success when I did a 'Retry'.
About the ports, if you do not specify a configuration file for the ports during installation, it will take 3060 and 3131. If you want to use 389 and 636, you have to
1. provide a staticports.ini file with these settings during installation
2. comment out the corresponding entries in /etc/services during install The installer will echo the ports it uses on stdout.
Ports under 1024 are no problem, since the root.sh you are requested to run as root during the installation chowns oidldapd to root and sets the setuid flag.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe Received on Thu Jul 07 2005 - 08:42:42 CDT