Sender: tcross@tiger.rapttech.com.au Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: runInstaller error References: From: Tim X Reply-To: timx@spamto.devnul.com Date: 07 Jul 2003 18:20:32 +1000 Message-ID: <87adbqd9yn.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> Lines: 31 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp597.nsw.padsl.internode.on.net X-Trace: duster.adelaide.on.net 1057565179 ppp597.nsw.padsl.internode.on.net (7 Jul 2003 17:36:19 +0950) Path: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.ade.connect.com.au!duster.adelaide.on.net!not-for-mail Xref: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com comp.databases.oracle.server:237038 >>>>> "Jerry" == Jerry Weinstein writes: Jerry> Permission denied is the continuous rejectino error message Jerry> when I am trying to install Oracle8i Enterprise edition on Jerry> Linux Mandrake 9.1. Jerry> User/Owner = 47202 //this is puzzling. Group = oinstall Jerry> I modified my .bash_profile file per the installation Jerry> instructions of the ldp howto install oradle 8i for rh 7..1. Jerry> Does anyone know of the way to get around this strange user Jerry> id? Are you trying to install it from CD? What are the permissions in /etc/fstab for the cdrom mount command? Some distributions include noexe as one of the options for mounting CDs as a security feature to stop users from running programs off CD. If it has noexec, edit fstab and remove it and then re-mount the cd and try running it again. Tim -- Tim Cross The e-mail address on this message is FALSE (obviously!). My real e-mail is to a company in Australia called rapttech and my login is tcross - if you really need to send mail, you should be able to work it out!