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on macosx snow leopard : how to log in as "Oracle software owner"

lolveleyOct 20 2009 — edited May 22 2011
hi,

I want to install oracle 10g on MacOSX snow leopard and I have an issue, and even two :
1/ I read this tutorial [http://www.pythian.com/news/1937/quick-install-guide-for-oracle-10g-release-2-on-mac-os-x-leopard-intel], and I have an error when I launch the runInstaller :

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No pre-requisite checks found in oraparam.ini, no system pre-requisite checks will be executed.
Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2009-10-21_01-08-20AM. Please wait ...xp:Disk1 oracle$ Wed Oct 21 01:08:21 xp java[6060] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.InternalError: Can't connect to window server - not enough permissions.
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2/ In the tutorial it is reqsuested :


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Update 14-Sep-09: Above works only for OS X 10.5 Leopard. OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard has stricter security settings so you cannot simply su to oracle user and export DISPLAY — you actually have to login as oracle user (logout in GUI and login as oracle “Oracle software owner”) instead of “su – oracle”. Thanks to Raimond for this.
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do you know how to connect as "Oracle software owner", I mean what statement should I use?


thank you,

olivier.
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