Re: Clusterware installation / raw partition permissions

ryansinn_at_gmail.com wrote:
> mceclnx1:/dev/raw # raw -qa
> /dev/raw/raw1: bound to major 105, minor 1
> /dev/raw/raw2: bound to major 105, minor 2
> /dev/raw/raw3: bound to major 105, minor 3
> /dev/raw/raw4: bound to major 105, minor 4
>
>
> ....
>
> SuSE's 'orarun' package automatically creates all 255 raw disks... so
> I'll spare you the listing of all of them... here's the important
> info:
> crw-rw---- 1 oracle disk 162, 1 Apr 30 12:51 raw1
> crw-rw---- 1 oracle disk 162, 2 Apr 30 12:51 raw2
> crw-rw---- 1 oracle disk 162, 3 Apr 30 12:51 raw3
> crw-rw---- 1 oracle disk 162, 4 Apr 30 12:51 raw4
>
>
> ....
>
> if I do an "id oracle" -- this is what I get...
>
> uid=59(oracle) gid=54(oinstall) groups=54(oinstall),6(disk),55(dba)
>
>
> I am performing the installation as the user 'oracle' so that should
> work.
>
> SuSE defaults the /dev/raw device permissions to root:disk -- which
> should work because 'oracle' is a member of the 'disk' group.

Addendum:

Also, just force of habit, I would never create groups or users with an ID less than 100.

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