Re: Oracle 7 and UNIX permissions - Help

In article <4jpfvj$7ok_at_zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU>, Elizabeth Bagley (bagley_at_zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU) says... >
>Gerard H. Pille (ghp_at_infosoft.be) wrote:

Stupid mail system, I know very well what I wrote!

!>Thanks for your response. I checked all of the modifications that should
!>have been made by root.sh and all appears okay. The permissions on the
!>oracle binary are 6751, so that appears okay as well.
!>

!>
!>Unfortunately, the environment appears to be set appropriately. I can connect
!>to the databases just fine when I've temporarily made the dbs files group
!>writable when I'm a member of that group or when I've temporarily made the
!>files world (!) writable.
!>
!>If the setuid is actually setting the uid, is does seem odd that I don't
!>have permission to access the files in dbs that are owned by oracle.

The only case I know where a setuid wouldn't stick, is when applied to a script, and not a binary. What does 'file $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle' give?

What do you get when you try to connect? Do you connect via SQL*Net (V1, V2)? I've known versions where orasrv (SQL*Net V1) had to be owned and setuid root to be able to function.
!>
!>Any other thoughts on what I should look at are most humbly welcomed.
!>

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Kind reGards
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