Re: Oracle 7.3.4 with 8.0.4

Rick Wessman wrote:

> P M User <gregg_at_computex.com> writes:
>
> > I am trying to have both Oracle 7.3.4 and Oracle 8.0.4 live together on
> > my Solaris 2.6 system. I wound up loading 8.0.4 first and then putting
> > 7.3.4 on the system.
> >
> > I cannot access any 7.3.4 databases through the listener. I can get to
> > them from the command line.
> >
> > I understand that Oracle 7 isn't getting a shared memory segment, but I
> > don't know what to do about it.
> >
> > Here's the error message I get:
> >
> > -----
> > SQL*Plus: Release 3.3.4.0.1 - Production on Wed Dec 30 17:34:28 1998
> >
> > Copyright (c) Oracle Corporation 1979, 1996. All rights reserved.
> >
> > ERROR: ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
> > ORA-07320: smsget: shmat error when trying to attach sga.
> > SVR4 Error: 13: Permission denied
> It sounds like the oracle binary in the Oracle7 instance does not have the
> correct permissions. It should be setuid to the user ID of the oracle user. To
> correct it, do the following:
>
> cd $ORACLE_HOME/bin # the ORACLE_HOME of the Oracle7 instance
> chown oracle7 oracle
> chmod 4755 oracle
>
> Sometimes, the installer fails to set the correct ownership and/or permissions.
> --
> Rick
> Rick Wessman
> Security and Directory Technologies
> Server Technologies
> Oracle Corporation
> rwessman_at_us.oracle.com

   Sure enough, the setuid and setgid bits weren't set on the oracle and oracleO exectuables.

   Thanks.

-Greg G Received on Thu Jan 07 1999 - 17:34:44 CST