Setup Tasks To Perform As The Oracle User; Set Permissions For File Creation - Oracle ORACLE9I B10508-01 Installation Manual

Setup Tasks to Perform as the Oracle User

privileges to run the Apache Server on a port < 1023. Images that are linked with
privileges during installation in the 'oracle' account ensure that this can be
done. For details on how to configure the server to run as a user other than the
'oracle' user, refer to section
page D-8.
The Apache account owner should have minimal user privileges, and should not be
a member of any groups whose files are not intended to be visible to the public
The nobody account may serve as a model for the Apache account.
Setup Tasks to Perform as the Oracle User
Log in to the Oracle9 account and perform the following tasks as necessary:
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Set Permissions for File Creation

Set default file protections for the oracle9 account to ensure that group
and world have read and execute permissions, but not write permission, on
installed files.
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Set Permissions for File Creation
Set Display
Enter the $SHOW PROTECTION command to check the current setting.
If the $SHOW PROTECTION command does not show the expected protection,
then set protection in the login.com of the oracle9 as follows:
$ SET PROTECTION=(s:RWE, o:RWED, g:RE, w:RE)/default
"Customizing the Server Environment" on
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