Creating an Oracle Software Owner User

If the Oracle software owner user (oracle or grid) does not exist, or if you require a new Oracle software owner user, then create it as described in this section.

The following example shows how to create the user oracle with the user ID 54321; with the primary group oinstall; and with secondary groups dba, asmdba, backupdba, dgdba, kmdba, and racdba:

# /usr/sbin/useradd -u 54321 -g oinstall -G dba,asmdba,backupdba,dgdba,kmdba,racdba oracle

The following example shows how to create the user grid with the user ID 54331; with the primary group oinstall; and with secondary groups asmadmin, asmdba, backupdba, dgdba, kmdba, and racdba:

# /usr/sbin/useradd -u 54331 -g oinstall -G asmadmin,asmdba,backupdba,dgdba,kmdba,racdba grid

You must note the user ID number for installation users, because you need it during preinstallation.