environment varible ORACLE_SID not defined. please define it.

[mybad444]

ive search an uncountable amount of forums and i think i have used google to the max. i am currently teaching myself how to install and run oracle. its actually quite fun so i am not discouraged at all. i find that alot of people seem to have this question but the solutions given usually drop off. i hope this will help me as well as ones after.

problem: im running 10g rel 1 on vm ware. i have completely done the install to the best of my knowledge. i have been unable to get past

environment variable ORACLE_SID not defined. please define it.

ive tried set ORACLE_SID=test but seem to be at stand still

i apologize to any if this question has been solved, but i did a search and found nothing. do to reading the not from STICKY i apologize again for possibley repeating this question

[davey23uk]

youd ont say what you are doing, how you set it and how you ensure it is set, what os you are on, what version of oracle you are on.

in fact any information whatsoever

[zakriyamhd]

did you try
bash# export ORACLE_SID=dbname
or
bash# set ORACLE_SID=dbaname
verify all ur ora env variables
bash#env | grep ORA

if yes then
check ur init"sid".ora and create dbscript has the same name as ur ORACLE_SID and check the db_name paramter has the same name as ur ORACLE_SID

[mybad444]

thanks a bunch davey23uk and zakriyamhd. bash# export ORACLE_SID=dbname worked just fine. i was just alittle pre-mature in making export all caps. thanks a bunch guys. sorry to get back to you so late

[mybad444]

also dave i do apologize for not providing more info

[mybad444]

I am running Oracle 10g. When I try login the Enterprise Manager. The following error occurs.

Error Message

RemoteOperationException: ERROR: NMO not setuid-root (Unix-only)

any suggestions...?

[PAVB]

Two things....

1- Issue appears to be privileges related at O/S level - get help from you sysadm.
2- Please open a new thread when you are posting a new issue - please do not piggy back in a three years old thread that has nothing to do with your issue :-)