Installation and uninstallation authorization

Check that your user ID has the following authority to complete installation or uninstallation tasks:

• On AIX® systems, you must log in as root to set up the security requirements for installing the Integration Bus component. The installation can then be performed by a user who does not have root privileges. For more information, see Security on Linux and UNIX systems.
• On Linux and on other UNIX systems, your user ID does not need to have root authority to install or uninstall the IBM Integration Toolkit. However, you will require a user ID with root authority to carry out the post installation and pre-uninstallation steps required for IBM Integration Toolkit.

  You need root level authority to set up the security requirements for installing the Integration Bus component. The installation can then be performed by a user who does not have root privileges. If you do not plan to run the Integration Bus component installation as a user with root authorities, you must complete additional steps. For more information about the extra tasks that you must complete to run the Integration Bus component installer as a user without root authorities, see Security on Linux and UNIX systems.

• On all Windows operating systems and editions, your user ID does not need to be a member of the Administrators group to install or uninstall the IBM Integration Toolkit. However, you will require a user ID with Administrator authority to carry out the post install and pre-uninstallation steps required for IBM Integration Toolkit.

  Your user ID must be a member of the Administrators group to install the Integration Bus component.

• On z/OS® systems, your user ID must be no more than eight characters in length. It must also have suitable privileges to install in your environment with SMP/E. Use a supported external security manager, for example RACF® or ACF2, to grant the required privileges. Your user ID must have a valid OMVS segment, because the product installs into the file system paths specified during the SMP/E APPLY processing.
• On distributed platforms, when uninstalling the Integration Bus component, you must be root or the same user ID that you used to install the Integration Bus component.