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SVRMGR> startup
LCC-00161: ORACLE error (possible syntax error) parameter [NULL]
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
SVRMGR> connect internal
Connected to an idle instance.
SVRMGR> startup
ORA-00443: background process "PMON" did not start
ORA-09923: Can't spawn process - user log directory not created properly
SVR4 Error: 2: No such file or directory
Error: ORA-9923
Text: Can't spawn process - user log directory not created properly
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Cause: ORACLE was unable to spawn a background process because the directory
that holds the trace files of the dedicated server processes was not
created properly.
Action: Examine the directory pointed to by the initialization parameter
"user_dump_dest". Make sure that all of the following is true: 1. The
directory exists. 2. The name indeed points to a directory, and is not
a file. 3. The directory is accessible and writable to the ORACLE user.
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Thanks! that did the trick.. someone deleted the user_dump directory.