Garris, Nicole wrote: > This problem is resolved but I'm not clear why/how. I installed Oracle > Standard 10.2 on Red Hat Advanced Server 4. When rebooting the server, > automatic startup of Oracle works, but automatic shutdown does not after > following instructions in Oracle Database Administrator's Reference 10g > Release 2 for UNIX-Based Operating Systems, section 2.2.2. Turns out > that the following command(s) have to be added to the Oracle startup > script /etc/rc.d/init.d/dbora to create a file in /var/lock/subsys. > > > > su - $ORA_OWNER -c $ORACLE_HOME > > touch /var/lock/subsys/dbora > > > > Can anyone explain to a Linux newbie why the file has to be added to > that folder and how the Linux start/stop procedure uses it? Thanks! > http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_80_5516.shtm Regards, Michael -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list