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Unable to create home directory for oracle [message #282192]

Wed, 21 November 2007 02:20

sailesh
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Hi all,

I have umounted my home directory for oracle and i have lost my profile. But still i have my installatation files which are found in /oracle.

Now i have created a user oracle group dba, but i am unable to create a /home/oracle directory for oracle.

please help. Smile

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Re: Unable to create home directory for oracle [message #282195 is a reply to message #282192]

Wed, 21 November 2007 02:44

Michel Cadot
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I think you should post your question in an Unix forum, this is an Oracle one.

In addition, saying "i am unable" does not give any clue why you are unable and so you can't have any accurate answer.

Regards
Michel

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Re: Unable to create home directory for oracle [message #282198 is a reply to message #282195]

Wed, 21 November 2007 02:52

sailesh
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HI Michel Cadot,

i have created the user oracle with the command below:
useradd oracle
usermod -u 104 -g dba -d /home/oracle oracle
no error

when i switch from root to oracle:

i got:

bash-3.00# su - oracle
su: No directory!

thks sailesh

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Re: Unable to create home directory for oracle [message #282227 is a reply to message #282198]

Wed, 21 November 2007 03:49

Michel Cadot
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As I said, this is an Oracle forum.
Better post your problem in a Unix one.

Regards
Michel

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Re: Unable to create home directory for oracle [message #282334 is a reply to message #282192]

Wed, 21 November 2007 09:15

BlackSwan
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grep oracle /etc/passwd
most likely the line in /etc/passwd for oracle does not contain /home/oracle

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