[root@weblogic29 ~]# su - oracle [oracle@weblogic29 ~]$ export ORACLE_SID=jytest [oracle@weblogic29 ~]$ export ORACLE_HOME='/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db/dbs [oracle@weblogic29 ~]$ echo $ORACLE_SID jytest [oracle@weblogic29 ~]$ echo $ORACLE_HOME ='/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db/dbs [oracle@weblogic29 ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Mon Jun 1 18:33:39 2009 Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All Rights Reserved. Connected to an idle instance. SQL> startup mount pfile='/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db/dbs/initjytest.ora' ORA-09925: Unable to create audit trail file Linux-x86_64 Error: 13: Permission denied Additional information: 9925SQL> [root@weblogic28 ~]# chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01/oracle SQL> startup mount pfile='/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db/dbs/initjytest.ora' ORACLE instance started. Total System Global Area 6442450944 bytes Fixed Size 2030368 bytes Variable Size 1090520288 bytes Database Buffers 5335154688 bytes Redo Buffers 14745600 bytes Database mounted. SQL> create spfile from pfile; File created. SQL> alter database open; Database altered.