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Before changing the access privileges, make sure that you save your current settings, as described below.

Procedure

Saving Your Current Settings

  1. cd /oracle/<DBSID> ls -lR > oracle_perm.txt

  2. cd /usr/sap ls -lR > sap_perm.txt

  3. cd /sapmnt ls -lR > sap_sw.txt

Setting Access Privileges

To change the access privileges for a file or directory, use the chmod command as shown below:

  1. chmod <access privileges in octal> <file or directory>

    Caution Caution

    Do not use chmod recursively. It is very easy to make unintended changes to authorizations when doing so.

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    Example Example

    chmod 755 /oracle/<DBSID>/sapdata* chmod 755 /oracle/<DBSID>/sapdata*/* chmod 640 /oracle/<DBSID>/sapdata*/*/* . . .

    End of the example.