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Setting administrative permissions

To allow database administrators to administer a database using Veritas Storage Foundation, you are required to change some permission settings. You are asked during the installation process if you want to allow database administrators access to various functionality. If you did not make the permission changes during installation, you can do so at a later time.

Setting permissions for DB2

The default settings at installation time for the /opt/VRTSdb2ed directory allow only the root login to access the directory.

 To allow the user "db2inst1" access to the /opt/VRTSdb2ed directory

Use the chown and chmod commands as follows:

    # chown db2inst1 /opt/VRTSdb2ed

 # chmod 750 /opt/VRTSdb2ed
 

 To allow users in the group "db2iadm1" access to the /opt/VRTSdb2ed directory

Use the chgrp and chmod commands as follows:

    # chgrp db2iadm1 /opt/VRTSdb2ed

 # chmod 750 /opt/VRTSdb2ed
 

Setting permissions for Oracle

The default settings at installation time for the /opt/VRTSdbed directory allow only the root login to access the directory.

 To allow the user "oracle" access to the /opt/VRTSdbed directory

Use the chown and chmod commands, as follows:

    # chown oracle /opt/VRTSdbed

 # chmod 750 /opt/VRTSdbed
 

 To allow users in the group "dba" access to the /opt/VRTSdbed directory

Use the chgrp and chmod commands, as follows:

    # chgrp dba /opt/VRTSdbed

 # chmod 750 /opt/VRTSdbed
 

Setting permissions for Sybase

No changes are required.