Creating a user for the Content Manager OnDemand instance owner on Linux™

This publication was written assuming that OnDemand instances will be run under the root user. The information in this section is provided for customers who need to run instances of Content Manager OnDemand under a user other than the root user. Those customers should print the information in this section and have it available to assist them as they continue with the installation and configuration process.
New installations (instances) of Content Manager OnDemand can be configured to run under a user other than the root user. If you plan to run an instance under a user other than root, you must do the following:
  • Create the user for the Content Manager OnDemand instance owner
  • Set permissions for the cache storage file systems
  • Set permissions for the Content Manager OnDemand configuration and script files
  • Give the instance owner permission to write to the system console
  • Specify the instance owner in the ARS.INI file

If you plan to run a distributed library/object server system, with one or more object servers on different workstations or nodes than the library server, then you should also configure Content Manager OnDemand on the object servers.