Friday, April 5, 2013

OBIEE 11g - Linux User and Groups Setup for OBI11g Install


Typically setting up the user base and groups for an install is rather straightforward.  Setting up the users and groups for OBIEE 11g on a Linux box is really no different.  I am attempting to use this post as a reference document so feel free to use it that was as well.  I foresee small changes and updates oto it over the next year so feel free to comment if you have conducted an install and noticed any variations are simpler methods.  Again, the initial user/group setup is really basic, I am just outlining some code here.
Check existing users by entering the following to see what already exists:
1.users
2. 
3.groups
Enter the following in a terminal window as “root” or similar privileged user.
01.groupadd oinstall
02. 
03.groupadd FMW
04. 
05.useradd -g FMW -G oinstall,FMW obi11g
06. 
07.passwd obi11g
08. 
09.mkdir -p /u01/app
10. 
11.mkdir -p /u01/FMW
12. 
13.chown -R obi11g:oinstall /u01/
14. 
15.chown -R obi11g:FMW /u01/FMW
16. 
17.chmod -R 775 /u01