OPatch failed because of Path problem

[Millicent Howze-Simmons]

Hi,
I have Oracle 9.2.06 on a HP-UX 11.11 OS.
I am trying to installed the OCT2006 CPU patch. I keep getting an error saying that:
Some commands below are not in your path -
Command= fuser
Extra Search Path= /sbin/fuser, /usr/sbin/fuser

But these commands are in my path:

Path= /usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/contrib/bin:/opt/hparray/bin:/opt/nettladm/bin:/opt/upgrade/bin:/opt/fcms/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/contrib/bin/X11:/opt/pd/bin:/opt/resmon/bin:/opt/gnome/bin:/usr/sbin/diag/contrib:/opt/mozilla:/opt/wbem/bin:/opt/wbem/sbin:/opt/graphics/common/bin:/opt/hpsmh/bin:/opt/perl/bin:/opt/ssh/bin:/opt/gwlm/bin:/opt/oracle/cmostest/bin:/usr/sbin/fuser:/etc/fuser

Does any one know why I am getting this error?

[Jeff_Traigle · Accepted solution]

You put directories in PATH, not files. Your PATH should be:

Path= /usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/contrib/bin:/opt/hparray/bin:/opt/nettladm/bin:/opt/upgrade/bin:/opt/fcms/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/contrib/bin/X11:/opt/pd/bin:/opt/resmon/bin:/opt/gnome/bin:/usr/sbin/diag/contrib:/opt/mozilla:/opt/wbem/bin:/opt/wbem/sbin:/opt/graphics/com
mon/bin:/opt/hpsmh/bin:/opt/perl/bin:/opt/ssh/bin:/opt/gwlm/bin:/opt/oracle/cmostest/bin:/usr/sbin:/etc

[Millicent Howze-Simmons]

Thanks Jeff. That get rid of that problem.

I am out of practice with applying Patches..
I received another error:
OPatch failed during pre-reqs check.

Invoking fuser on "/opt/oracle/cmostest/bin/oidreconcile"
Invoking fuser on "/opt/oracle/cmostest/bin/lsnrctl"
Invoking fuser on "/opt/oracle/cmostest/bin/tnsping"
Invoking fuser on "/opt/oracle/cmostest/Apache/Apache/bin/rotatelogs"
Invoking fuser on "/opt/oracle/cmostest/Apache/Apache/bin/httpd"
Invoking fuser on "/opt/oracle/cmostest/bin/tnslsnr"
Invoking fuser on "/opt/oracle/cmostest/bin/onrsd"
Invoking fuser on "/opt/oracle/cmostest/bin/oracle"
Invoking fuser on "/opt/oracle/cmostest/bin/nmumigr8"
Invoking fuser on "/opt/oracle/cmostest/bin/trcroute"
Invoking fuser on "/opt/oracle/cmostest/Apache/Apache/bin/htpasswd"
Problems when checking for files that are active.
There were problems when checking for active processes on critical files.
The patch tool runs the command "fuser" to check that critical files are not in use. Make sure 'fuser' is available and executable on your PATH

I stoped all processes pertaining to Oracle. Jeff, what is OPATCH doing?

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi,

Allow me to clarify this OPatch issue.

First of all, you can find the FAQ in $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/docs

Note that OPatch is just a set of Perl scripts that allow the application and rolling back of interim patches to an Oracle product.

e.g. "opatch lsinventory" allows you to list down all the interim patches installed on your system.

all you have to do is check where "fuser" is found and make sure that it is found in the PATH environment variable.

(normally the path is /usr/sbin/fuser)

let us know

kind regards
yogeeraj