uid()

[Prashanth Waugh]

HI
suppose I have the oracle user and its belong to dba group.
but when i m checking uid for orcale its showing
uid=219() gid=20(users) it will create the problem while connecting to database.why its not showing like uid=219(oracle) gid=20(users)after giving the id command.

Reagrds
Prashant

[Suraj K Sankari]

Hi,

Please post

grep oracle /etc/passwd
grep oracle /etc/group
finger oracle

Suraj

[Prashanth Waugh]

Hi,
Its showing correct information in these files


grep oracle /etc/passwd
grep oracle /etc/group
finger oracle

Regards
Prashant

[Patrick Wallek]

What are the permissions on the /etc/passwd file? They should be 444 or -r--r--r--

[Prashanth Waugh]

Hi,

its 444 permission for passwd file

Regards
Prashant

[Dennis Handly]

What OS version are you using?
Is pwgrd(1M) running?

[Prashanth Waugh]

Hi Dennis,
You are right, exactly you pointout the problem . now its fine.Thanks

Regards
Prashant