chown problem

[selvakumarmvs]

Hi,

Solve the below problem in Red hat 5.3 ....



[root@localhost lib]# groupadd oinstall
[root@localhost lib]# groupadd dba
[root@localhost lib]# groupadd oper
[root@localhost lib]# useradd -g oinstall -G dba oracle
[root@localhost lib]# passwd oracle
Changing password for user oracle.
New UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
[root@localhost lib]# cd /opt
[root@localhost opt]# mkdir oracle
[root@localhost opt]# chown –R oracle.oinstall oracle
chown: `–R': invalid user
[root@localhost /]# chown –R oracle.oinstall opt
chown: `–R': invalid user
[root@localhost /]# chown –R oracle opt
chown: `–R': invalid user




Thanks
selva...

[meton_magis]

chown -R oracle:oinstall /opt/oracle

If that doesn't work, I have no idea.