ryansinn_at_gmail.com wrote:
> On Apr 30, 3:59 pm, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
>> ryans..._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.
>> crw-rw---- = character
>>
>> you should be looking at something like this:
>>
>> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 0 Nov 11 15:31 sda
>> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 1 Nov 11 15:32 sda1
>> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 16 Nov 11 15:31 sdb
>> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 17 Nov 11 15:32 sdb1
>> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 32 Nov 11 15:31 sdc
>> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 33 Nov 11 15:32 sdc1
>> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 48 Nov 11 15:31 sdd
>> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 49 Nov 11 15:32 sdd1
>> --
>> Daniel A. Morgan
>> University of Washington
>> damor..._at_x.washington.edu
>> (replace x with u to respond)
>> Puget Sound Oracle Users Groupwww.psoug.org
>
> and now... I think I've answered my own question after reading that
> forums thread...
>
> /dev/raw/raw* is just a character link to /dev/cciss/c1d0p* (in my
> case) -- the /dev/raw/raw* had the correct permissions, but the /dev/
> cciss/c1d0p* were all set to 600 ... not 660... strange as no one's
> documentation (that I've found to this point) mentions this error or
> suggests at looking at the /dev/[actual partition] permissions over
> the /dev/raw/raw* permissions.
Wait until you get into Data Guard. I did the same thing, grabbed
several books, lots of docs from metalink, etc. Not one of them
actually provided a step-by-step cookbook that worked.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Mon Apr 30 2007 - 18:16:04 CDT
