RE: ias_admin like user

Totally agree with Jurijs.

We allow our developers to do something pretty similar, but with a java deployer rather than shell scripts - we run AS on win2k3 (not my choice, but it works and scales okay).

In addition to allowing the developers to deploy EAR files, the java code allows them to change any files at container level: j2ee/container/applib and j2ee/container/config (running dcmctl updateconfig -ct oc4j after).

We don't allow any changes which might affect another project coexisting in a different container in the same application server on production, and this way if they mess it up their development container you just have to recreate it.

I'll add to anyone considering Windows for this that the combination of file/directory locking caused by explorer and (un)deployments can be a real pain, but it can be worked round.

HTH
Adrian

-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jurijs Velikanovs
Sent: 03 February 2006 12:09
To: exriscer_at_gmail.com
Cc: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: ias_admin like user

Hi Li,

Unfortunately there is no such luxury so far in Oracle AS 10G R2 (at least I am not aware about that, have worked a bit with AS). For development purposes we have written some shell scripts to peek up EAR files from particular directory and install those using the dcmctl utility in batch mode.
Developers have got dedicated Unix account to copy deliveries in particular directory.

It is not good idea I believe to give Developers power to changing parameters. It is some think you would like to have control on. We have installed AS under separate Unix user and give that user (and ias_admin credentials) to developers (making a full installation backup, before that). It is some think like pre development environment for where Developers free to do anything (changing parameters, deploying, undeploying, rm -rf etc ;). After they broke it we restoring that environment from the backup ;)

Hope this helps,
Jurijs

On 2/3/06, Li-Shan Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have installed Oracle AS 10gR2 for our development environment. I was
> wondering how to create more administrative users such as ias_admin? The
> developers want privileges to deploy J2EE/Forms/Reports/Discoverer
> applications and modify some parameters. I have always done this using
> ias_admin in the past but I wouldnt like to give them ias_admin user and
> password, is there anyway create ias_admin like users ?
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> LSC
>
>

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