Changing an attribute to a file

[isonlyme]

hi all,

I'm not an Unix guru, hope someone can help me.

I'm trying to run this command

lsnrctl dbsnmp_start

but nothing happens and when i check the status it says "NOT RUNNING" in the documetation says that i have to see this output:
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root dba 5881208 Nov 14 2000 dbsnmp

but i have this:

-rwsr-s--- 1 root dba 5881208 Nov 14 2000 dbsnmp

I'm trying to run this command with a oracle user.

question:

How can i change the rights to put it like i wanted? and witch iser i have to change it and run it?

thanks in advance

 

[bi]

You have to be root to change the permissions on this file because root owns it.

The old, octal way of doing it would be: chmod 6755 dbsnmp.

 

[isonlyme]

thanks a lot!!

 

[Hanwant]

Hi,

Just follow the command below to change the file permission, i think you need the executive permission on this file.

chmod 777 <filename>

enjoy. Hanwant Verma
Software Engineer
London, UK

 

[bi]

Hanwant, using chmod 777 will open the file all the way up and will give you rwxrwxrwx. Wilfredo said he need the permissions to be rwsr-xr-x.

So, again, the command actually should be chmod 4755 dbsnmp (slightly different from my original message).

 

[isonlyme]

thanks for the help guys,

Actually bi was right chmod 4755 did gave me the rights i need it but is also helpful the chmod 777 cuuse theres other files that i need with full rights

thanks again both!!