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buckwheat wrote:
> Host is Redhat 2.1 AServ, Intel. It already has 9i DB laid down and
> working.
>
> "your local hostname database is not configured properly" comes up
> during initial stages of install of the Oracle 9i Application Server.
>
> My hosts file looks like the examples provided. Here's the actual
> file:
>
> 127.0.0.1 shimp localhost.localdomain localhost
> 10.2.1.151 shimp shimp.localhost.localdomain
> 10.2.1.124 meco meco.microa.com
>
> hostname = "shimp"
>
> I also tried shimp.microa.com in the /etc/hosts file also. No luck.
>
> Is there anyplace special that Ora is looking for this hosts
> information? On Solaris, there are hosts files all over the place.
> But on Linux, only /etc/hosts and hostname are the ones I know of.
>
> Is there any method to try to figure out what the Oracle 9iAS
> Installer really wants (i.e., more specific messages)?
>
> the "microa.com" domain is just one I made up - is this a DNS issue
> perhaps?
>
> Also - should I be able to alter the /etc/hosts file, then just click
> retry from within the installer (instead of re-running "runInstaller"
> again)?
>
> Thanks so much -
The INSTALLATION GUIDE clearly names all the "*host* files which need fully qualified hostnames in them. It is time for you to RTFM! Received on Wed Apr 16 2003 - 19:28:18 CDT
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