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Setting Oracle user

Configure the Oracle user and group settings in the SF Oracle RAC configuration program.

 To set Oracle user

1. Access the SF Oracle RAC configuration program if you are not currently using it.

   See Using the SF Oracle RAC configuration program

2. Select Create userid and group id for Oracle from the configuration menu and provide the required information.
   • Make sure that the user and group IDs are unused on all the nodes in the cluster.
   • Refer to Oracle documentation for information on creating the oinstall (Oracle Inventory), dba and oper groups, and the oracle user.
3. Enter Oracle UNIX user and primary group information:

   Enter Oracle UNIX user name: [b] oracle

   Enter Oracle UNIX user id (numerical): [b] 1001

   Enter Oracle UNIX user home dir: [b] /opt/oracle

   Enter Oracle UNIX group name: [b] (oinstall) oinstall

   Enter Oracle UNIX group id (numerical): [b] 101

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     Note   The set of Oracle user IDs and group IDs in each cluster configuration must be the same.

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4. The installer verifies that the specified userid does not exist on any of the systems in the cluster and then creates it. Enter y to create the oracle user with the information provided.
5. Enter the information to create secondary groups, "dba" and "oper":

   Do you want to create secondary groups for Oracle user? [y,n,q] (y)

   Enter Oracle UNIX secondary group name: [b] dba

   Enter Oracle UNIX secondary group id (numerical): [b] 102

   Group dba does not exist on any node. Do you want to create it with the information provided [y,n,q] (y)

   Creating group dba on galaxy ... Done

   Adding Oracle user (oracle) to group (dba) on galaxy ... Done

   Creating group dba on nebula ... Done

   Adding Oracle user (oracle) to group (dba) on nebula ... Done

6. You must first enable RSH access for the newly created "oracle" user.
7. After creating the secondary groups, the installer proceeds to verify RSH access for "oracle" user. Leave the installer at this prompt and proceed to setup RSH access. You can return to this installer session after setting up oracle user equivalance.

   See Setting up Oracle user equivalence for RSH and RCP