Stephen Andert wrote: > Stephane, > > I think my sticky bit is set right and the oracle user is in the group > that has permissions to read and write to the directory. > > $ ls -l oracle tnslsnr > -rwsr-s--x 1 oracle dba 118977048 Sep 19 2006 oracle > -rwxr-x--x 1 oracle dba 570944 Sep 19 2006 tnslsnr > > So if I understood you correctly, that should not be a problem, right? What's in the alert log? Any trace files? -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ A transistor protected by a fast-acting fuse will protect the fuse by blowing first. ++ -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l