Re: How to start Listener on UNIX

Leszek wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm getting an error when I try to start the listener. I'm logged on as
> root and have all the rights. Also the listener.ora file is configured
> properly and existent (I even tried su -oracle and it didn't work).

I think you need to be the database owner to start the listener, not root. Perhaps at some point a log file was created with root only permissions?

I would look through the log files, and change ownership of anything that is not "oracle" then try it again as "oracle".

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> bash-2.03# ./lsnrctl start $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/listener.ora
>
> LSNRCTL for Solaris: Version 8.1.6.0.0 - Production on 13-DEC-2000
> 00:47:12
>
> (c) Copyright 1998, 1999, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> Starting /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.6/bin/tnslsnr: please wait...
>
> TNSLSNR for Solaris: Version 8.1.6.0.0 - Production
> NL-00280: error creating log stream
> /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.6/network/admin/listener.ora
> NL-00278: cannot open log file
> SNL-00016: snlfohd: error opening file
> Solaris Error: 13: Permission denied
> _______________________________________________________________________
>
> Any Help Is Greatly Appreciated,
> Leszek
Received on Wed Dec 13 2000 - 16:29:29 CET