Thanks for reply. I have not traced anything yet though that is a good idea.
I am connecting directly as user@<service_name> and don’t believe there is
anything special happening.
Query results below.
-joe
15:36:10 pdb2> select owner ||' - '|| directory_name ||' - '|| directory_path
||' - '|| origin_con_id from dba_directories;
OWNER||'-'||DIRECTORY_NAME||'-'||DIRECTORY_PATH||'-'||ORIGIN_CON_ID
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SYS - ORACLE_HOME - / - 1
SYS - ORACLE_BASE - / - 1
SYS - OPATCH_LOG_DIR - /opt/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/QOpatch - 1
SYS - OPATCH_SCRIPT_DIR - /opt/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/QOpatch - 1
SYS - OPATCH_INST_DIR - /opt/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/OPatch - 1
SYS - DATA_PUMP_DIR - /opt/app/oracle/admin/iap9/dpdump/ - 1
6 rows selected.
15:37:12 pdb2> desc cdb_directories
Name Null? Type
----------------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
OWNER NOT NULL VARCHAR2(128)
DIRECTORY_NAME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(128)
DIRECTORY_PATH VARCHAR2(4000)
ORIGIN_CON_ID NUMBER
CON_ID NUMBER
15:37:20 pdb2> select owner ||' - '|| directory_name ||' - '|| directory_path
||' - '|| origin_con_id || ' - '|| con_id from cdb_directories;
OWNER||'-'||DIRECTORY_NAME||'-'||DIRECTORY_PATH||'-'||ORIGIN_CON_ID||'-'||CON_ID
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SYS - ORACLE_HOME - / - 1 - 3
SYS - ORACLE_BASE - / - 1 - 3
SYS - OPATCH_LOG_DIR - /opt/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/QOpatch - 1 - 3
SYS - OPATCH_SCRIPT_DIR - /opt/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/QOpatch - 1 - 3
SYS - OPATCH_INST_DIR - /opt/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/OPatch - 1 - 3
SYS - DATA_PUMP_DIR - /opt/app/oracle/admin/iap9/dpdump/ - 1 - 3
6 rows selected.
15:37:46 pdb2> select owner ||' - '|| object_name ||' - '|| object_type ||' -
'|| created from dba_objects where object_name like '%JOE%';
OWNER||'-'||OBJECT_NAME||'-'||OBJECT_TYPE||'-'||CREATED
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SYS - JOE_DIR - DIRECTORY - 26-JUN-15
15:37:59 pdb2>
From: Sayan Malakshinov [mailto:xt.and.r@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 3:33 PM
To: Sweetser, Joe
Cc: rjoralist3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Where, oh where, did my directory go?
Have you tried to trace it with 10046 and with 10053?
Are you sure that you hadn't executed "alter system set current_user=SYSTEM" or
maybe something like connect through proxy_user?
And could you show also "select * from dba_directories" and "select * from
cdb_directories" without predicates?
On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 12:19 AM, Sweetser, Joe
<JSweetser@xxxxxxxx<mailto:JSweetser@xxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Me too! :)
FWIW, I also see the same behavior when connected as SYS.
-joe
15:15:02 pdb2> drop directory joe_dir;
Directory dropped.
15:15:21 pdb2> show user
USER is "SYS"
15:15:26 pdb2> create directory joe_dir as '/u04/oradata/backup/joe';
Directory created.
15:15:32 pdb2> select directory_name from dba_directories where directory_name
like '%JOE%';
no rows selected
15:15:38 pdb2> select object_name ||' - '|| object_type ||' - '|| created from
dba_objects where object_name like '%JOE%';
OBJECT_NAME||'-'||OBJECT_TYPE||'-'||CREATED
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
JOE_DIR - DIRECTORY - 26-JUN-15
15:16:09 pdb2>
-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On
Behalf Of Rich Jesse
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 3:09 PM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Where, oh where, did my directory go?
Joe writes:
Without going into the details, I came across something strange in my
environments today. Basically, I have a 12c pluggable database where
a user-created directory does not show up in dba_directories. I have
another one where it works as expected. These are simply the single,
pluggable database that can be created without licensing the feature.
Utilities like data pump work as expected in both databases. I just
don't see an entry in dba_directories. There are undoubtedly
differences between the servers, notably the version of Linux. But I don't
know if that's any issue.
