Non-root profiles
Give a non-root user permissions for files and directories so that the non-root user can create a profile for the product. The non-root user can also augment a profile that was created by a root user, a different non-root user, or the same non-root user.
In a WebSphere® Application Server environment, non-root (non-administrator) users are limited in being able to create and use profiles in their environment. Within the Profile Management tool plug-in, unique names and port values are disabled for non-root users. The non-root user must change the default field values in the Profile Management tool for the profile name, node name, cell name, and port assignments. Consider assigning non-root users a range of values for each of the fields. You can assign responsibility to the non-root users for adhering to their proper value ranges and for maintaining the integrity of their own definitions.
- Creating a profile and assigning ownership of the profile directory to a non-root user so that the non-root user can start WebSphere Application Server for a specific profile.
- Granting write permission of the appropriate files and directories to a non-root user, which allows the non-root user to then create the profile. With this task, you can create a group for users who are authorized to create profiles, or give individual users the ability to create profiles.
- Installing maintenance packages for the product, which includes required services for existing profiles that are owned by a non- user. As the installer, you are the owner of any new files that the maintenance package creates.
For more information about creating profiles for non-root users, see Managing profiles for non-root users .
As an installer, you can also grant permissions for a non-root user to augment profiles. For example, a non-root user can augment a profile that is created by an installer, or augment a profile that they create. Follow the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment non-root user augmentation process.
When a non-root user augments a profile that the user creates, the non-root user must modify the permissions for the documents that are located within the eXtreme Scale profile templates.