11.7 Permission Problems

You must have sufficient directory permissions to run Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk.

1. Verify that the permissions on the tools scripts orachk and exachk  are set to 755 (-rwxr-xr-x).
   If the permissions are not set, then set the permissions as follows:

   $ chmod 755 orachk

   $ chmod 755 exachk

2. If you install Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk as root  and run the tools as a different user, then you may not have the necessary directory permissions.

   [root@randomdb01 exachk]# ls -la
   total 14072
   drwxr-xr-x  3 root root    4096 Jun  7 08:25 .
   drwxrwxrwt 12 root root    4096 Jun  7 09:27 ..
   drwxrwxr-x  2 root root    4096 May 24 16:50 .cgrep
   -rw-rw-r--  1 root root 9099005 May 24 16:50 collections.dat
   -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  807865 May 24 16:50 exachk
   -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1646483 Jun  7 08:24 exachk.zip
   -rw-r--r--  1 root root    2591 May 24 16:50 readme.txt
   -rw-rw-r--  1 root root 2799973 May 24 16:50 rules.dat
   -rw-r--r--  1 root root     297 May 24 16:50 UserGuide.txt

• If Oracle Clusterware is installed, then:

  • Install Oracle EXAchk in /opt/oracle.SupportTools/exachk as the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home owner

  • Install Oracle ORAchk in CRS_HOME/suptools/orachk as the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home owner

• If Oracle Clusterware is not installed, then:

  • Install Oracle EXAchk in /opt/oracle.SupportTools/exachk as root

  • Install Oracle ORAchk (in a convenient location) as root (if possible)

    or

    Install Oracle ORAchk (in a convenient location) as Oracle software install user or Oracle Database home owner