Re: dba group already exists in linux
- From: "Jared Still" <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Oracle-L Freelists" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:43:47 -0700
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> We are setting up a new linux box for Oracle, the following message
> appears when trying to create the dba group:
>
> [root]# groupadd -g 300 dba
> groupadd: group dba exists
>
>
The fix was deceptively simple:
Do it the old fashioned way by editing /etc/group.
[root@ordb03 etc]# touch x; chgrp dba x; ls -l x; ls -lsn x
-rw-r--r-- 1 root dba 0 Sep 30 15:42 x
0 -rw-r--r-- 1 0 300 0 Sep 30 15:42 x
(dba was set to 300 in /etc/group)
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Next time I forget how to do this, it will be documented in Oracle-L
archives. :)
--
Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
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