Just checked my current config again on Solaris. ps -ef shows me two httpd processes owned by root and 10 that I assume are spawned via these as oracle.
Also see 2 dwhttpd running under daemon. I assume it is under port 80 since I have not changed the httpd.conf file. Yes, I guess you are right, these should run under nobody, but these are my first steps into setting this up and so I installed it as-is. No tweaks. mkb --- "MacGregor, Ian A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The httpd daemons need to be started as root? Since > when? Is it because you're using the standard HTTP > PORT OF 80? Starting these daemons under the nobody > account is much safer. > > Ian MacGregor > Stanford Linear Accelerator Center > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 10:49 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > No books or tips. Just my recent experience > *trying* > to install 9iAS R2 (I hope that's what you meant > when > you wrote OAS). > > I downloaded 9iAS J2EE and Web Cache for Solaris and > HP-UX. > > Oracle recommends about 1GB ram, 1GB swap and lots > of > free disk space. Anyway, my target Solaris box had > 500MB swap, 256MB ram and a 400 MhZ SparcII CPU. > Not > the ideal platform. On the HP-UX box, I had 3GB > ram, > a 2 CPU L class machine, lots of swap and lots of > disk. > > In any case, what I learned is that root privs are > vital. Had them on the Solaris box but not on the > HP-UX machine. The installs in both cases where > fairly standard. I had ran through them quite a few > times on both servers. On Solaris becuase of > resource > issues and HP-UX because of root permission issues. > > There are two types of installs. A mid-tier (less > config, easier, fewer components) and an > infrastructure (more config, more components, needs > a > database repoistory). I did the mid-tier install in > both cases. > > Make sure you have JDK 1.3 or later installed. > > Before the install for mid-tier in particular, > export > ORACLE_SID=iasdb even if you do not intend to use a > repository or have a database. > > I created a separate ORACLE_HOME for my install. > > Also, Oracle recommends that you use hostnames, so > naming methods should reflect hostname.com instead > of > 123.45.67.8. > > During the install, you will be asked for a password > for the Eterprise Manager website. NOTE IT DOWN!!! > You'll need it to start and stop the EM website. > Oracle recommends that you start and stop services > via > the EM website and not the command line and I'll go > along with this since I had trouble shutting down > services via the command line (sometime it worked > and > sometime it did'nt). > > Also, during the install when prompted to run the > root.sh script, run as root since this script starts > the Apache httpd daemons. These need to be started > as > root. It does a bunch of other config things > aswell. > See root.sh. This is vital since after the install > is > complete, the installer then configures the > components > such web cache, OC4J components, Apache config etc. > This is the problem I was having on HP-UX, late in > the > day, govt client, sysadmin has left the building. > > Ok, after the install has completed and started all > the services (hoepfully), you need to apply all > relevant patches. For the mid tier install, install > the patch in the following order: > > 9.0.1.3 patch set > RDBMS bundled patch > Oracle Internet Directory path > Oracle HTTP server patch > > You'll see this in the install notes for the patch. > Note that the RDBMS bundled patch is slightly > different on HP-UX versus Solaris. Just read the > instructions carefully if you are on HP-UX. Solaris > was a little easier. > > After the patch, you can login to the EM website at > http://myhostname.com:1810. If the website does not > come up, you can start it from the prompt using > emctl > start|stop|status. Stopping requires password which > was entered earlier during install. Password can > also > be changed using emctl set password <pwd>. > > Using the website, you can/start stop other services > such as web cache, BC4J, OC4J containers etc. > > The default website can be accessed (hopefully) at > http://myhostname.com:7777 > > Also, you can start|stop the httpd daemons from the > command line from $ORACLE_HOME/dcm/bin/dcmctl > start|stop -ct ohs if the EM website is inaccessible > for some reason. Again, Oracle recommends that you > do > all admin through EM the website. > > Similarly, web cache can be started/stopped from the > prompt by webcachectl start|stop|status. > > Finally, just a couple days ago, we seemed to have > trouble starting 9iAS. Seems like some log files > had > their ownership changed. Don't know how this > happened. My guess is some sort of bug. The way I > tracked this is tailing the logs while trying to > start > the server. Since I could'nt get the EM website up, > I > had to use $ORACLE_HOME/dcm/bin/dcmctl start -ct > ohs. > > Useful logs were: > $ORACLE_HOME/opmn/logs/ons.log and ipm.log > $ORACLE_HOME/dcm/logs/emd_logs/ and dcmctl_logs/ > and of cource > $ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/logs/error_log and > access_log > > hth > > mkb > > --- "Freeman, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Folks, > > > > I'm a DBA who is really an old developer at heart. > I > > know a little Java, a > > little Asp > > (enough, as they say, to be really dangerous!), I > > used to do C code that now > > makes > > my head swim to look at. (I think to myself, what > > the devil was I doing??) > > > > Anyway, I've finally found some time and a machine > > here at work to start > > playing with > > OAS just to see what it's all about. Anyone have > any > > good suggestions with > > regards > > to: > > > > 1. Sites, books, white papers and the like with > good > > install tips, hints, > > warnings and the like. > > 2. Sites, books, white papers and the like Quick > > getting started tips. > > 3. Your own "getting started" experiences of > things > > to do or not to do. > > 5. Anything I should do before I mess with OAS. > > > > Optimistically hopeful that this will all just go > > really smooth and I'll > > have a cool > > web page that I can bring up soon! > > > > RF > > > > Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP > > Oracle Database Architect > > CSX Midtier Database Administration > > Author > > Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press - > > Oct 2002) > > Oracle9i New Features (Oracle Press) > > Mastering Oracle8i (Sybex) > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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