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Oracle Database Oracle Clusterware Installation Guide for HP-UX

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Creating Standard Configuration Operating System Groups and Users<br />

3.1.1 Overview of Groups and Users <strong>for</strong> <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Database</strong> <strong>Installation</strong>s<br />

The following operating system groups and user are required if you plan to install<br />

<strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Database</strong>:<br />

■ The OSDBA group (typically, dba)<br />

You must create this group the first time you install <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Database</strong> software on<br />

the system. In a standard installation, you are prompted to one group to grant the<br />

following privileges to its members:<br />

– <strong>Database</strong> Administrator (OSDBA)<br />

– <strong>Database</strong> Operator (OSOPER)<br />

– ASM Administrator (OSASM)<br />

In addition, members of this group are granted database write access to ASM<br />

(OSDBA <strong>for</strong> ASM).<br />

The default name <strong>for</strong> this group is dba.<br />

■ An unprivileged user<br />

Verify that the unprivileged user nobody exists on the system. The nobody user<br />

must own the external jobs (extjob) executable after the installation.<br />

3.1.2 Creating Standard Operating System Groups and Users<br />

The following sections describe how to create required and optional operating system<br />

user and groups:.<br />

■ Verifying That the User nobody Exists<br />

■ Creating the OSDBA Group<br />

■ Creating Identical Users and Groups on Other Cluster Nodes<br />

3.1.2.1 Verifying That the User nobody Exists<br />

If you intend to install <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Database</strong> or <strong>Oracle</strong> RAC, then complete the following<br />

procedure to verify that the user nobody exists on the system:<br />

1. To determine if the user exists, enter the following command:<br />

# id nobody<br />

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If this command displays in<strong>for</strong>mation about the nobody user, then you do not<br />

have to create that user.<br />

2. If the nobody user does not exist, then enter a command similar to the following<br />

to create it:<br />

# /usr/sbin/useradd -u 65001 nobody<br />

3. Repeat this procedure on all the other nodes in the cluster. Note that the ID<br />

number <strong>for</strong> uid and gid should be the same on all nodes of the cluster.<br />

3.1.2.2 Creating the OSDBA Group<br />

To create the OSDBA group, complete the following procedure:<br />

1. Enter a command similar to the following:<br />

# /usr/sbin/groupadd -g 502 dba

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