Andrew Kerber schrieb: > Yes, I read that. no luck. This is the applicable line from that note: > > 6). If GI user and RDBMS user are different, workaround is to apply > manually (note: 1210964.1. This is an internal note, please contact > Oracle Support to get assistance). For Oracle Restar > 1089476.1. > sorry, missed that. i had problems with 'opatch auto' too, so i used the old way described in HOW TO INSTALL A PATCH ON CLUSTERWARE 11.2.0.1 INTO GRID INFRASTRUCTURE HOME (Doc ID 1054439.1) had no problems. in the SR i opened Oracle confirmed that Doc ID 1054439.1 is still valid. regards, -ap -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l