Re: ERROR while trying to run orasrv ???

From: Kent J. Siemers <kjs_at_umich.edu>
Date: 1995/07/18
Message-ID: <3uhbag$rd9_at_lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>#1/1


Ganesh Avalur (ganesh_at_aphrodite.agadm.lsu.edu) wrote:
: hi
 

: when i try to setup the orasrv it gives an error saying ..
 

: orasrv must run setuid root. Enable user set-ID bit and restart..
 

: i am new to this kind of job ?? and pointers would be greately appreciated ..
 

: --
: -- Avalur Ganesh Phani
 

: eeaval_at_unix1.sncc.lsu.edu
: ganesh_at_gate.ee.lsu.edu
: ganesh_at_aphrodite.agadm.lsu.edu

Assuming that you are running Oracle 7.x on some kind of UNIX box, you should see a "root.sh" script under $ORACLE_HOME/orainst. Have the person with the root password run this script from the root id.

I hope that this is the answer,

Kent Siemers
Database Administration Group, ITD
The University of Michigan Received on Tue Jul 18 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST

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