On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Maria Gurenich <gurenich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > SEVERE:OUI-10037:Unable to set up inventory. You may not have the proper > permissions. > Begin forwarded message: > > Oracle user has permissions to read, write and execute everything from the > folder.;. > > please issue the following command: grep ^inventory_loc /etc/oraInst.loc | cut -f2 -d= The output should be something like this: /u01/app/oracle/oraInventory Now, as the oracle user try the following command: touch <directory from previous command>/test.txt Did the command work? Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist