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ORA-600 [spstp: ORACLE_HOME uid does not match euid] When Changing Permissions On $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle (Doc ID 747456.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 10, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.1.0.7 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When trying to connect AS SYSDBA with Sqlplus on a Unix style system an ORA-12547 "TNS:lost contact" is signalled and a trace file is generated which contains an internal error as follows:

----- Error Stack Dump -----
ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [spstp: ORACLE_HOME uid does not match euid], [xxxx], [yyyy], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], []
----- SQL Statement (None) -----
Current SQL information unavailable - no SGA.


Where xxxx (uid) is not equal to yyyy (euid), the call stack module is : spstp() .

Changes

The permission (chmod) settings on the oracle executable were changed.

Cause

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