The hosting company we use does it that way.... so when we upgrade we only have to change the soft link. No forgetting to edit a script!
--- Stephen Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe ... Install Oracle in one directory tree; create soft links to > it > (although soft links, like GUIs, are inherently evil). Then show the > auditors that the oracle home for each is "different". > > That way you don't have to try to explain that the oracle_home points > to the > Oracle software which is completely independent of your Oracle > databases. > Do they insist that the Unix admins install a separate copy of Unix > for > every user on a box? > > -----Original Message----- > We have one Oracle home for all of our non-11i backend instances and > one > each for each of them (more for the extproc's that Dick was talking > about > and for ease of testing upgrades than for any other pressing reason.) > Auditors are a funny breed... they want total separation even at the > expense > of practicality. > April Wells > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Stephen Lee > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
