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Wrong initial group for Oracle Linux account

user10127912Oct 19 2013 — edited Oct 21 2013

Hi,

Before I install the Oracle database 11.2.0.1 in Linux server 2.6.39-400.209.1.el6uek.x86_64, I created the following groups oinstall, dba, oper, and asmadmin.

groupadd oinstall         # required from training
groupadd dba                # required from training
groupadd oper              # and group asmdba, asmoper from training
groupadd asmadmin  # optional from training

I made a mistake when I created Oracle user account. I created it with dba as initial group“ useradd -g dba -G oinstall,oper,asmadmin oracle”, instead of “useradd -g oinstall -G dba,oper,asmadmin oracle”

After all I installed Oracle database, now I have concerns and questions. Should I use usermod to update the Oracle user account to oinstall as initial group or just leave it alone?

If I now do “usermod –g oinstall –G dba,oper,asmadmin oracle”, will it break anything, any impact to the database?

This post has been answered by Srini Chavali-Oracle on Oct 20 2013
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