RE: root.sh wasn't run, help!

2002-01-03 Thread Miller, Jay
Thanks! Oracle finally got back to me and said I should be all right. They suggested just running root.sh and continuing with the remainder of the install steps. They're looking at the errors in the log file for me now. Jay Miller -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 4:3

Re: root.sh wasn't run, help!

2002-01-03 Thread Babu Nagarajan
root.sh will update your oratab file. this is needed by many of the oracle tools. actually the root user can edit the file thru vi and update it/add the details to it. also it initializes some other directories - one of which could be your orainventory directory (i am making a guess here. pl corr

root.sh wasn't run, help!

2002-01-03 Thread Miller, Jay
Well, I opened a TAR with Oracle but they still haven't gotten back to me and I need to know before I leave tonight (as I might not be leaving tonight). I was installing 8.1.7 on a server prior to doing an upgrade this weekend. Over an hour had passed after asking my SA to run root.sh for me and