From owner-freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 29 17:25:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-database@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6AF4106564A for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:25:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ady@ady.ro) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B37578FC28 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:25:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ady@ady.ro) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so91300rvf.43 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:25:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.141.116.17 with SMTP id t17mr5034282rvm.251.1225301154327; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:25:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.141.129.4 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:25:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <78cb3d3f0810291025w62353a6bp73c6d2f9a4be788e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:25:54 +0100 From: "Adrian Penisoara" To: shildreth@allantgroup.com In-Reply-To: <1225209853.31912.23.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <78cb3d3f0807260841k336f20a9jce857189c55adb16@mail.gmail.com> <78cb3d3f0807271003q3f5ab72dr2147cf7b1a3348fc@mail.gmail.com> <48FE3708.8010501@users.sf.net> <20081021212134.GA79808@graf.pompo.net> <78cb3d3f0810221517k780e4cafy6418c42b8c845915@mail.gmail.com> <88acbbae0810230213k5bade96fq3bdeb89780f5f561@mail.gmail.com> <78cb3d3f0810271414g157ee526pb4d745fb9c1428@mail.gmail.com> <1225209853.31912.23.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> Cc: freebsd-database@freebsd.org, martinko Subject: Re: Q: Is there any use for Oracle database port installation under Linux compat root ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-database@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Database use and development under FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:25:54 -0000 Hi, On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Scott T. Hildreth wrote: [...] >> >> Actually I was hoping for some feedback from people effectively using >> Oracle[XE] on FreeBSD. Anyone ? > > Sorry, I haven't read through the whole thread. I am not exactly sure > what you are looking for, so I will just let you know how I run Oracle > on FreeBSD. I haven't run an install since 8.x.x, since they went to > the Java installer. I could never get it to stop locking up. So I > copied a 9.2 directory from one of our linux servers. We install in > the standard /u01/app/oracle/product/, I put the directory structure > in /usr and created a /u01 link. The oracle user on my system does > have the linux bash as its default shell, I only use this userid for > running CreateDBs. Everything works great running with my standard > userid and I also install gqlplus & sqldeveloper (very useful). I have > a start up script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d, which starts up the listener > and the db. I haven't had a need to upgrade to 10.x, but I am going > to soon. Hope this isn't completely useless info for you. :-) > Yes, it helps. So I will keep the option to offer a Linux Bash shell for the oracle user. Question is whether I should make it default the Linux bash shell or a FreeBSD shell ? Thank you, Adrian.