Not in my shop. DBAs do the install. When it comes to 'root.sh', I can either call the sysadmin to have him run it, or, more often than not, I ask him to put 'oracle' in /etc/sudoers "temporarily"....and then hope they forget to remove it...;-) -- Mark J. Bobak Senior Oracle Architect ProQuest Information & Learning For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. --Richard P. Feynman, 1918-1988 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Closson Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 10:04 AM To: ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Cloning Oracle versus Installing from OUI >>> >>>I do not understand why you, as a dba, need to install software on a >>>server. This is the job of the server administrator. Does anyone agree with this? Do sys admins install Oracle these days? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l