DB installs fails with [INS-30060] Check for group existence failed

Question

Hi folks
as user jjayet I'm running on OEL 5.6 64 bits the following command to install DB 11gR2 :
$ /mntmats/SOAVM0504/AUTO_WORK/dbzip_shiphome/database/Disk1/runInstaller -ignoreSysPrereqs -invPtrLoc /ade/jjayet_dte9672/oracle/work/DATABASE1/oraInst.loc -force -silent -waitforcompletion -responseFile /ade/jjayet_dte9672/oracle/work/DATABASE1/db.rsp
Starting Oracle Universal Installer...
Checking Temp space: must be greater than 120 MB. Actual 15258 MB Passed
Checking swap space: must be greater than 150 MB. Actual 16454 MB Passed
Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2012-04-05_06-07-54AM. Please wait ...[FATAL] [INS-30060] Check for group existence failed.
CAUSE: Unexpected error occurred while trying to check for group existence.
$ id
uid=511053(jjayet) gid=8500(dba) groups=8500(dba),59031(oinstall)
the problems seems relater to accessing /tmp
as the local disk is not enough to use the default /tmp (the DB install will fail with full disk error as the local disk space is very low )
I've created a partition from new disk to /tmp which I have then mounted (default is nfs3) :
# mount /dev/xvdc1 /tmp
# mount
/dev/xvdc1 on /tmp type ext2 (rw)
the result of DB install into /tmp is :
# cd /tmp
# ls -altr
drwxr-xr-x 32 root root 4096 Apr 5 06:07 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 jjayet dba 4096 Apr 5 06:36 CVU_11.2.0.2.0_jjayet
drwxrwxrwx 7 root root 4096 Apr 5 06:36 .
if I umount /tmp but use the local /tmp
re-running the DB installer as user jjayet it does not raise the error above
and now local /tmp contains :
# cd /tmp
# ls -altr
drwxr-xr-x 32 root root 4096 Apr 5 06:07 ..
drwxr-x--- 10 jjayet dba 4096 Apr 5 06:25 OraInstall2012-04-05_06-25-28AM
drwxr-xr-x 3 jjayet dba 4096 Apr 5 06:25 CVU_11.2.0.2.0_jjayet
drwxrwxrwt 5 root root 4096 Apr 5 06:25 .
do you know how to use tmp over nfs with user jjayet so that the DB can install properly ?
it seems that the files created as user jjayet into mounted /tmp are not identified properly
thks in advance
jean

Answer 1

thks for the pointer
I found the post you mention but it does not help
it does not explain the root cause of the problem but just propose a workaround to pass an option to installer which will popi\up an interactive messgae at install time
as installation is done automatically through ADE / DTE I cannot use this workaround
any expert in oracle DB install can help ?
thks
Jean