How to fix the Oracle error ORA-09824: Unable to enable allowmacaccess privilege.?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-09824: Unable to enable allowmacaccess privilege. with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-09824: Unable to enable allowmacaccess privilege.

Reason for the Error ORA-09824: Unable to enable allowmacaccess privilege.

ORACLE was not able to turn on allowmacaccess privilege so that it could do a label comparison.

How to fix the Error ORA-09824: Unable to enable allowmacaccess privilege. ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Check the UNIX error number. If it indicates that ORACLE does not have the allowmacaccess privilege, add the allowmacaccess privilege to the potential privilege set of $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle using chpriv (1M). If the executable already has the allowmacaccess privilege, contact Oracle Support Services.