RE: Where, oh where, did my directory go?

  • From: "Sweetser, Joe" <JSweetser@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Herring, David" <HerringD@xxxxxxx>, Sayan Malakshinov <xt.and.r@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 13:19:30 +0000

I am not sure what the issue is, frankly. :-\

-joe

SQL> create directory joe_dir as '/u04/oradata/joe';

Directory created.

SQL> select directory_name from dba_directories where upper(directory_name)
like '%JOE%';

no rows selected

SQL> 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 - 28-JUN-15

SQL> drop directory joe_dir;

Directory dropped.

SQL>

-----Original Message-----
From: Herring, David [mailto:HerringD@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 9:12 AM
To: Sweetser, Joe; Sayan Malakshinov
Cc: rjoralist3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Where, oh where, did my directory go?

Are you sure it's a privilege/ownership issue and not a case issue? Have you
tried?:

select directory_name from dba_directories where upper(directory_name)
like '%JOE%';

I have idea why this would happen but just trying to eliminate possibilities.

Regards,

Dave

From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Sweetser, Joe
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 4:41 PM
To: Sayan Malakshinov
Cc: rjoralist3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Where, oh where, did my directory go?

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||'-'
OWNER||||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> 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] On
Behalf Of Rich Jesse
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 3:09 PM
To: 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.

I see you're logged in as SYSTEM and the directory is owned by SYS.  I'd have
thought that the SELECT ANY DICTIONARY of the DBA role would allow that to be
viewed, but I only have 11.2 here.

Just a thought...

Rich



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