Addnode error nullpointexception

No pre-requisite checks found in oraparam. ini, no system pre-requisite checks will be executed.
Oracle universal installer, version 10.2.0.1.0 Production
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Exception java. Lang. nullpointerexception occurred ..
Java. Lang. nullpointerexception
At oracle. sysman. OII. oiic. oiicaddnodesession. initialize (oiicaddnodesession. Java: 564)
At oracle. sysman. OII. oiic. oiicaddnodesession. <init> (oiicaddnodesession. Java: 135)
At oracle. sysman. OII. oiic. oiicsessionwrapper. createnewsession (oiicsessionwrapper. Java: 860)
At oracle. sysman. OII. oiic. oiicsessionwrapper. <init> (oiicsessionwrapper. Java: 186)
At oracle. sysman. OII. oiic. oiicinstaller. INIT (oiicinstaller. Java: 481)
At oracle. sysman. OII. oiic. oiicinstaller. runinstaller (oiicinstaller. Java: 928)
At oracle. sysman. OII. oiic. oiicinstaller. Main (oiicinstaller. Java: 866)

 

Orainst. Loc permission issues

 

[Oracle @ inthrac01 ~] $ Ls/etc/orainst. Loc-Al
-Rwxr-x --- 1 Root 63 Jun 20 08:21/etc/orainst. Loc

 

[Oracle @ inthrac01 ~] $ Su-
Password:
[Root @ inthrac01 ~] # Chmod 777/etc/orainst. Loc

 

[Oracle @ inthrac01 ~] $ Ls/etc/orainst. Loc-Al
-Rwxrwxrwx 1 Root 63 Jun 20 08:21/etc/orainst. Loc

 

You can.

 

This causes problems, including opatch

Appears

Oracle Home:/u01/APP/Oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1
Central inventory: N/
From:
Opatch version: 10.2.0.1.0
Oui version: 10.2.0.1.0
Oui location:/u01/APP/Oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/OUI
Log File Location: N/
 
Opatch cannot find a valid orainst. Loc file to locate central inventory.
Java. Lang. runtimeexception: opatch cannot find a valid orainst. Loc file to locate central inventory.
At oracle. opatch. opatchenv. printopatchheader (opatchenv. Java: 3071)
At oracle. opatch. opatchsession. Main (opatchsession. Java: 685)
At oracle. opatch. opatch. Main (opatch. Java: 506)

 

 

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