Re: Installation of Oracle 8.1.7 on SunOS 5.8 fails

Karl Hahn wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with the installation of Oracle 8.1.7:
> after executing the script orainstRoot.sh and continuing
> with the 'Retry' button I get the error message:
>
> *****
> The Oracle Universal Installer Inventory on this system does
> not exist or is not writable. The possible causes are:
> 1. The /opt/oracle/product/8.1.7/orainstRoot.sh script was not
> executed with root priveledges, or an error occurred during
> execution.
> 2. You are not a member of the specified Installer group.
> *****
>
> -> 1. I am root, there are no errors, directories exist (user is
> oracle, group is oinstall (as recommended in 'installation guide'):
>
> > id
> uid=0(root) gid=1(other)
> > ./orainstRoot.sh
> Creating Oracle Inventory pointer file (/var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc)
> Changing groupname of /opt/oracle/oraInventory to oinstall.
> > ls -al /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 59 Jun 20 15:11
> /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc
> > ls -al /opt/oracle/oraInventory
> total 6
> drwxrwxr-x 2 oracle oinstall 512 Jun 20 14:58 .
> drwxrwxr-x 4 oracle oinstall 512 Jun 20 14:59 ..
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 oracle oinstall 19 Jun 20 14:58 install.platform
>
> -> 2. User oracle is member of 'oinstall' (primary) and 'dba' (secondary)
> as recommended in the 'installation guide'. I also tried to have 'oracle'
> only in the group 'dba', makes no difference.
>
> > id
> uid=18305(oracle) gid=201(oinstall)
> > groups
> oinstall dba
>
> So what is my problem? Any hints?
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Charlie

Who owns the directory structure into which you are installing Oracle? ... from top to bottom?

Daniel Morgan Received on Thu Jun 20 2002 - 11:20:06 CDT