SQLPlus error while trying to log in

Question

I have installed Oracle 9.2 RH9. When I run SQLPLUS and try to login I get the following error:
ORA_07217: sltln: environment variable cannot be evaluated.
What causes this error and how do you get around it?

Answer 1

Leonard, apply this command and reply the results:
[oracle@ozawa oracle]$ env
HOSTNAME=ozawa
TERM=xterm
SHELL=/bin/bash
HISTSIZE=1000
NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P1
SSH_CLIENT=192.168.0.176 3494 22
ORACLE_OWNER=oracle
SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/2
USER=oracle
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/ora9/product/9.2/lib:
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=00;34:ln=00;36:pi=40;33:so=00;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:ex=00;32:*.cmd=00;32:*.exe=00;32:*.com=00;32:*.btm=00;32:*.bat=00;32:*.sh=00;32:*.csh=00;32:*.tar=00;31:*.tgz=00;31:*.arj=00;31:*.taz=00;31:*.lzh=00;31:*.zip=00;31:*.z=00;31:*.Z=00;31:*.gz=00;31:*.bz2=00;31:*.bz=00;31:*.tz=00;31:*.rpm=00;31:*.cpio=00;31:*.jpg=00;35:*.gif=00;35:*.bmp=00;35:*.xbm=00;35:*.xpm=00;35:*.png=00;35:*.tif=00;35:
ORACLE_SID=LDEVCNS0
ORACLE_BASE=/opt/ora9
TNS_ADMIN=/opt/ora9/product/9.2/network/admin
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/oracle
PATH=/opt/ora9/product/9.2/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/oracle/bin
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
PWD=/home/oracle
EDITOR=vi
THREADS_FLAG=native
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ORACLE_TERM=xterm
SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass
SHLVL=1
HOME=/home/oracle
LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1
dump=/var/opt/oracle/dump
LOGNAME=oracle
SSH_CONNECTION=192.168.0.176 3494 192.168.0.97 22
LESSOPEN=|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s
ORACLE_HOME=/opt/ora9/product/9.2
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=1
_=/bin/env
[oracle@ozawa oracle]$
Joel Pérez