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ORA-09923: Can't spawn process - user log directory not created properly

ORA-09923: Can't spawn process - user log directory not created properly




Cause: ORACLE was unable to spawn a background process because the directory that holds the trace files of the dedicated server processes was not created properly.




Action: Examine the directory pointed to by the initialization parameter "user_dump_dest". Make sure that all of the following is true:

1. The directory exists.

2. The name indeed points to a directory, and is not a file.

3. The directory is accessible and writable to the ORACLE user.