oracle installed under wrong user name
ji liMay 20 2009 — edited May 28 2009Hello friends,
I have a situation on AIX 6.1 where we already have Oracle 11g installed and two databases created.
The box is not 'live' yet, but, we have a tight schedule and not much wiggle room.
Problem is that the software installation was done under a bogus username other than Oracle, and now we want to rename the bogus username to 'oracle'.
I know on some systems this is as easy as editing the /etc/passwd file, updating the /etc/group file, and changing the user's home directory. On Solaris, its as easy as moduser ..., but on AIX, I don't how this can be done.
I researched using the chuser command, but it seems it changes about every other attribute besides the name, but can not change the login 'name' itself.
What can I do? (No, we are not using NIS or YP).
Thanks.
Ji Li