Re: file permission problem - 10g client on solaris

On Jul 19, 2:44 pm, Susan <susan..._at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> So I installed a 10.2.0.1.0 64-bit client on a Solaris 10 machine
> using downloaded file 10gr2_client_sol.cpio.gz. After the
> installation, to my surprise all directories and files under
> $ORACLE_HOME are not readable and executable by group and other. So
> other user won't even be able to use sqlplus or get into any of the
> directory under $ORACLE_HOME. Yes I can do a chmod -R, but I am
> wondering is this normal? I've installed 10.2.0.1.0 64bit RDBMS
> software many times and majority of the directories/files are readable
> by other users.

Same thing with 10.2 client on hpux ... it's either a deliberate change by oracle or the lack of quality assurance.

Opening a service request is the "correct choice" obviously.

Also of course there's not a real alternative if you have business processes that run on unix systems using sqlplus then you don't want them to run as oracle. Received on Sat Jul 21 2007 - 17:35:35 CDT