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Installation account

Install PATROL for Oracle Tuxedo on each computer using the dedicated PATROL OS account under which you installed the PATROL Console or Agent. 
Ensure that this PATROL account has access rights to the Tuxedo directory (TUXDIR). 

If you do not already have a dedicated PATROL account, this section describes how to set up a PATROL installation account for Windows and Unix platforms. 

Windows Environment

In the Windows environment, PATROL requires a dedicated user account known as the PATROL default account. The PATROL default account must be created before you install PATROL. The PATROL default account can be either a local or a domain account. 
Stand-alone workgroup servers must use a local user account as a PATROL default account. Servers that are trusted members of a domain may use either a local or domain account. In each case, the PATROL default account must be a member of the local administrators group of the computer where the agent will reside. 

PATROL default accounts on domain controllers should be only domain accounts. The account on a domain controller must be a member of the domain administrators group. 

Although you can use an existing Windows user account, BMC Software recommends that you create a separate Windows user account for PATROL. 
 

Warning

Do not use a domain or local Administrator account as the PATROL default account. Such account usage causes files created by PATROL to be owned by the Administrator, which could result in security or file access problems. 

Unix Environment

BMC Software recommends that the Unix account that you create meets the following conditions:

  • The account .login, .profile, .cshrc, and .kshrc files should contain as little user customization as possible. Specifically, there should be no aliases, the prompt should be set to the default, and there should be no command in these files to change the umask setting. The recommended umask setting for the installation account is 022.
  • Do not use root to install PATROL products as this may create security risks.
  • Be sure the account has permission to create directories in the directory where you will install PATROL products.
  • The computers on which you want to install PATROL must have ftp and telnet enabled.

PATROL configuration requires privileges usually reserved by the system administrator. These privileges include access to a root account on the hardware where you want to install PATROL. 
BMC Software recommends that you install PATROL on local partitions, not on NFS-mounted partitions. If you install PATROL on NFS-mounted partitions, the root account must have been granted root access privileges on the NFS server. 
The account that you use to install PATROL must have permission to write the installation logs to the $HOME and /tmp directories on the computer where you are installing products. 

 

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