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Chapter 23. Creating Oracle User Accounts
To create the oracle account and groups, execute the following commands:
su - root groupadd dba # group of users to be granted SYSDBA system privilege groupadd oinstall # group owner of Oracle files useradd -c "Oracle software owner" -g oinstall -G dba oracle passwd oracle
For more information on the "
oinstall" group account, see when to use "OINSTALL" group during install of oracle.

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