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Title
Installation process errors out with "Error: Add spadmin group (groupadd) failed. error 9" -
Description
When installing Shareplex, the installation process aborts with the following:
bash-3.00# ./SharePlex_Oracle-5.3.0.63-Linux-x86-Oracle10.run
Creating directory SharePlex_Oracle-5.3.0.63-Linux-x86-Oracle10.run.tmp
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing SharePlex_Oracle-5.3.0.63-Linux-x86-Oracle10-Self_Extra Tar File
Checking usage of a nameserver for users and groups; Enter your nameserver or none [NIS/NISPLUS/none]: none
Installing Product(s): SPLEX-ORACLE
Please specify an existing user who has read privileges to the Oracle redo logs and will own the SharePlex product and variable-data directories. This user will be a SharePlex Administrator and placed in the SharePlex admin group [oracle]:
Adding groups to the system.
Error: Add spadmin group (groupadd) failed. error 9 -
Cause
The spadmin group may not have been created.
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Resolution
You may want to check the following and see if they apply to your situation and correct them as appropriate:
1. See if the file /etc/group contains the group named spadmin. Please refer to Shareplex Installation Guide, Chapter 1 Unix Installation and setup, section Checklist for System and Network issues:
2 Someone with root privileges must perform the installation. Root access is required because the installation procedure performs the following root functions:
Adds spadmin, spopr, and spview groups to the /etc/group file.
The following is a sample file /etc/group that has entry for spadmin group from a server that has Shareplex installed:
spadmin::6018:lilly,mani,lilly,dina,root,henry,oracle,hai,richa,reto
spopr::6019:
spview::6020:
root::0:root
other::1:
bin::2:root,bin,daemon
sys::3:root,bin,sys,adm
2. If the above does not apply, you may want to check the /etc/nsswitch.conf file to see if you are running the NIS, and if so, you may want to answer appropriately to the following instead of answering none:
Enter your nameserver or none [NIS/NISPLUS/none]:
If neither of these apply to you, then you may want to refer it to Support for further investigation.