Operating System Privileges

The following are the privileges in the operating system that are required to install Oracle GoldenGate and to run the processes.

• The person who installs Oracle GoldenGate must be granted read and write privileges on the Oracle GoldenGate software home directory.

• To install on Windows, the person who installs Oracle GoldenGate must log in as an Administrator.

• The Oracle GoldenGate Extract, Replicat, and Manager processes, and configuring deployments using the oggca.sh script must operate as an operating system user that has read, write, and delete privileges on files and subdirectories in the Oracle GoldenGate directory. In addition, the oggca.sh process requires privileges to control the other Oracle GoldenGate processes.

• In classic capture mode, the Extract process reads the redo or transaction logs directly. It must operate as an operating system user that has read access to the log files, both online and archived.

• Oracle recommends that you dedicate the Extract and Replicat operating system users to Oracle GoldenGate. Sensitive information might be available to anyone who runs an Oracle GoldenGate process, depending on how database authentication is configured.