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# 1  
Old 07-29-2008
Change Group
Hi...

-bash-3.00$ id -a
uid=1004(oracle) gid=101(oinstall) groups=101(oinstall),100(dba)


How to change gid from oinstall group to dba group??
# 2  
Old 07-29-2008
Not sure on which OS you are, but usually you can just edit the /etc/passwd and the /etc/group to your needs.
# 3  
Old 07-29-2008
Hi

I'm using Solaris 10

I'm afraid if i simply change the group, it will effect my oracle database
# 4  
Old 07-29-2008
As long as oracle will be in the group dba, all will be ok, I think. If you just want to change the primary group, to dba, I see no problem. If you create a file or directory, it will have the users primary group, so you should know if that's what you want. To make sure everything is still accessable, you can keep oracle in the group orainstall.

On Solaris, I think you can just go on and edit the /etc/passwd and /etc/group. There is also some administration interface that you could use instead which's name I can't recall Smilie
# 5  
Old 07-30-2008
Tq zaxxon

It's better if i stick with oinstall group. Smilie
# 6  
Old 07-31-2008
Hi,

I think u can change the group

by using chgrp command

chgrp oinstall dba

Regards,
JeganR
# 7  
Old 08-01-2008
Editing the passwd or group is no magic and not corrupting anything. Afaik, Solaris has no ODM like AIX for example so everything is in plain files, but as you like Smilie

@jegaraman
chgrp only changes the ownership on files/directories, not that of a user or group itself.
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