Create an Oracle User Account

Create an Oracle group and user account on your Linux system(s).

  1. Use either the -X or -Y flag to enable X11 forwarding through SSH when you log in as root. For example:
    ssh –Y root@server-name
  2. Create a new group called oracle.
    $ groupadd oracle
  3. Create a new user account called oracle that belongs to the oracle group.
    useradd -m -g oracle -d /home/oracle -s /bin/bash oracle
  4. Set the password for the oracle user account.
    passwd oracle