To configure Administration Server with a non-root ID, use the mpsadmserver configure command. See the Sun Java System Administration Server 5 2005Q1 Administration Guidefor more details.
If you are running the Administration Server as non-root, consider using the same user and group IDs for both the Administration Server as well as the products that are dependant upon it.
If Directory Server has already been installed, the Administration Server will automatically be owned by the same user and group IDs as applied to the Directory Server.