File and Process Ownership on Unix Systems

Ownership of installed Directory Server Enterprise Edition elements depends on that software distribution that you have installed. Assuming install-user is the user who runs unzip command and instance-owner is the user who creates a server instance, the ownership assignment table looks like the following:

Installed Directory Server Enterprise Edition Elements	Ownership
Installed Directory Server Enterprise Edition Elements	Zip	Native
Software files	`install-user`	`root`
Data files - Administrative files	`install-user`	`root` or `noaccess`
Data files - Server instances	`instance-owner`	`instance-owner`
Processes - `ns-slapd` daemon	`instance-owner`	`instance-owner`
Processes - Common Agent Container daemon	`install-user`	`root`
Processes - Application Server daemon	`install-user`	`root` or `noaccess`
Processes - Directory Service Control Center Registry daemon	`any`	`any`

For files and processes related to the server instance, ownership can be freely chosen (instance-owner), no matter which distribution (ZIP or native) is used. Each server instance may have a different owner.

For all other files, ownership must be assigned as follows:

Zip distribution: To a single user (install-user)
Native distribution: To root or noaccess

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	Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition Installation Guide 11 g Release 1 (11.1.1.5.0)