root_at_sun7 # ls -l $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle
-rwsr-s--x 1 oracle dba 38460432 Feb 27 2003
/ora8/m01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/bin/oracle
Yup It is SUID and SGID.
Is that good or bad?
bad I suppose...
HansF wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:23:02 +0100, Michel Cadot wrote:
>
> > It is optional, oratab just lists all the instances you want or do not want to
> > startup/shutdown with the standard Oracle startup/shutdown script.
> >
>
> I agree that the existence is optional in terms of using and running
> Oracle.
>
> However, automatically creating during installation (it is created as
> part of the mandatory root.sh routine), and updating oratab during dbca is
> such a consistent behaviour in the Oracle installation that I would be
> very concerned that it is not around.
>
>
> To OP - please verify that your installation was clean and thet the
> root.sh was run. One way is to look at the permissions for
> $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle - is it setuid/setgid?
>
> --
> Hans Forbrich
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Received on Fri Jan 20 2006 - 11:32:35 CST
