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Re: Domain account or local account

From: Frank <fbortel_at_nescape.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 20:59:33 +0100
Message-ID: <bp603t$ve6$1@news1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl>


Ed Stevens wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 19:51:39 +0100, Sybrand Bakker
> <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.nospam.demon.nl> wrote:
>
>

>>On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 8:55:01 +0100, Ronald Rood <devnull_at_ronr.nl>
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 8:26:09 +0100, Jack Wang wrote
>>>(in message <ls%sb.52570$Ws6.30191_at_edtnps84>):
>>>
>>>
>>>>I understand that installing Oracle on Windows needs Administrator
>>>>privilege. Though the docs doesn't mention if it can be installed under a
>>>>domain account with local Administrator group privilege?
>>>
>>>You can.
>>
>>The docs mention using the *local adminstrator*. Don't see any reason
>>to deliberately ignore the docs on this.

>
>
> Well, there is the local user account 'Administrator', and then there
> is the local group 'Administrators', of which 'Administrator' is a
> default member. The Oracle9i Database Installation Guide
> Release 2 (9.2.0.1.0) for Windows says specifically "Log on as a
> member of the Administrators group to the computer on which to install
> Oracle components"
>
> So, just to clarify, one does not *need* to log on as Administrator,
> but one *should* log on as a user who is a member of the local
> Administrators group. In our case, we have a domain group called
> "ORACLE_ADMINISTRATORS". The domain user accounts of all of the
> Oracle DBA's (all two of us!) are members of this group. When the
> sever team builds a new DB server, they add this domain group to the
> local Administrators group on the server. So when my partner or I
> install Oracle, we simply log on with our normal network account, and
> inherit all necessary admin authority.

So? ...making you in fact a user with local administrative rights. That what it boils down to - you NEED local administrative rights!

As stated by Sybrand and the docu

-- 
Regards, Frank van Bortel
Received on Sat Nov 15 2003 - 13:59:33 CST

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