Sample Deployment: Install CA Business Intelligence on UNIX Using Oracle › Oracle 10g › Prerequisites › Create an Oracle User and Group

Create an Oracle User and Group

The next step is to create the Linux groups and user account that will be used to install and maintain the Oracle Database 10g Release 2 software. Use the following names:

• User account: oracle
• Groups: oinstall and dba

To create the Oracle user and group, execute the following commands as root:

$ /usr/sbin/groupadd oinstall
$ /usr/sbin/groupadd dba
$ /usr/sbin/useradd -m -g oinstall -G dba oracle
$ id oracle
uid=501(oracle) gid=502(oinstall) groups=502(oinstall),503(dba)
$ passwd oracle