Re: file perms issue on linux install

On Feb 2, 2:44 pm, Eberhard Niendorf <eberhard.niendorf_schr..._at_t- online.de> wrote:
> kcbo..._at_gmail.com wrote:
> > On Feb 1, 1:55 pm, Eberhard Niendorf <eberhard.niendorf_schr..._at_t-
> > online.de> wrote:
> >> kcbo..._at_gmail.com wrote:
> >> > I've just installed Oracle 10gR2 on my redhat-based linux machine and
> >> > seem
> >> > to have a problem with file permissions. My ORACLE_BASE=/clientdata/
> >> > oracle
> >> > and here is the listing of that directory:
>
> >> > [kboyes_at_uberdev4 oracle]$ ls -al
> >> > total 56
> >> > drwxrwxr-x 7 oracle oinstall 4096 Jan 31 13:31 .
> >> > drwxrwxr-x+ 21 root root 4096 Jan 31 12:47 ..
> >> > drwxr-x--- 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Jan 31 13:31 admin
> >> > drwxr-x--- 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Jan 31 13:32 flash_recovery_area
> >> > drwxr-x--- 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Jan 31 13:31 oradata
> >> > drwxrwx--- 6 oracle oinstall 4096 Jan 31 13:52 oraInventory
> >> > drwxrwx--- 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Jan 31 13:28 product
>
> >> > I would have expected product to be r-w for other since the way it is
> >> > now, ordinary users can't run things like sqlplus.
>
> >> > It doesn't make sense that ordinary users would need to be in the
> >> > oinstall group.
>
> >> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >> > Thank,
> >> > Kevin.
>
> >> This is a new security feature on all Unix-OS... It's documented in the
> >> install manuals and You only need to execute a script as follows:
> >> sh $ORACLE_HOME/install/changePerm.sh
>
> >> Eberhard Niendorf
>
> > Sounds like the right thing except I don't have that script in my
> > install.
> > Also, it isn't mentioned in my Installation Guide (B15660-02) (10g R2
> > for Linux x86).
>
> > Thanks though
> > Kevin.
>
> Sorry, I made a mistake. The script changePerm.sh comes with patchset
> 10.2.0.2 and 10.2.0.3. This script comes also with newer patchsets in 9iR2
> and 10gR1. It is documented in the patchset READMEs.
> For 10.2.0.1 there are the patch 4516865 which addressed the problem, but I
> would recommend the patchset 10.2.0.3.
>
> If You have no Oracle support You have to fix it manually. You cannot
> influence the Oracle install process by setting umask etc.
> Without Oracle support You can try the following to use sqlplus:
> find $ORACLE_HOME -type d | xargs chmod o+rx
> chmod o+r $ORACLE_HOME/lib/libclntsh.so.10.1
> chmod o+rx $ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus
>
> Eberhard Niendorf

Thank you so much for your help.
I effectively did the chmod's as you suggest. I'll look into the patchset once I find out about our support options.

Kevin. Received on Fri Feb 02 2007 - 16:31:46 CST