Creating a profile as an installer and assigning ownership to a non-root user

An installer can create a profile and assign ownership of the profile directory to a non-root user so that the non-root user can start the product for a specific profile. Use this example to accomplish the tasks through commands.

Before you begin

This task assumes a basic familiarity with the manageprofiles command and system commands.

This task uses the following terms:
  • Root users refers to:
    • [Linux] [HP-UX] [Solaris] [AIX] Root users
    • [Windows] Administrators
  • Non-root users refers to:
    • [Linux] [HP-UX] [Solaris] [AIX] Non-root users
    • [Windows] Non-administrators
  • Installer refers to a root user or a non-root user.

Before you can create a profile, you must install the product.

About this task

Have the installer perform the following steps to create a profile and assign ownership for the profile directory and the logs directory. The ownership is assigned to a non-root user ID that is different from the installer ID. The non-root user needs access to these directories to start the product.

The commands are split on multiple lines for printing purposes.

Procedure

  1. Create the profile by issuing the following code from a command prompt:
    [Linux] [HP-UX] [Solaris] [AIX]
    ./manageprofiles.sh -create -profileName profile01 -profilePath
    app_server_root/profiles/profile01 -templatePath 
    app_server_root/profileTemplates/default 
    [Windows]
    manageprofiles.bat -create -profileName profile01 -profilePath C:\
    app_server_root\profiles\profile01 -templatePath C:\
    app_server_root\profileTemplates\default 
    

  2. Change ownership of the profile01 profile directory to the user1 non-root user.
    [Linux] [HP-UX] [Solaris] [AIX] For example, issue the following command:
    chown -R user1 app_server_root/profiles/profile01
    [Windows] Follow instructions in the Windows documentation to grant user1 access to the following directory:
    C:\app_server_root\profiles\profile01
  3. Change the ownership of the logs directory for the profile01 profile to the user1 non-root user to prevent displaying log messages to the console.
    [Linux] [HP-UX] [Solaris] [AIX] Issue the following command:
    chown -R user1 app_server_root/logs/manageprofiles/profile01
    [Windows] Follow instructions in the Windows documentation to grant user1 access to the following directory:
    C:\app_server_root\logs\manageprofiles\profile01

Results

The installer has created a profile and changed ownership of the profile directory and log directory to a non-root user.

What to do next

As the installer, you can continue to create profiles and assign ownership to non-root users as needed.

A non-root user ID can manage multiple profiles. For a given profile, have the same non-root user ID manage the entire profile.

The non-root user can use the same tasks to manage a profile that the root user uses.




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