iProcess Engine Background User Name

Location, Identification, and OS Accounts Menu

Description

The UNIX user account that owns most iProcess Engine files and is used to run the iProcess Engine background processes.

Database

Oracle, DB2

Value

Installation Type

New Installation

Upgrade Installation

Value

Any name that:

– is between 1 and 8 characters long.

– contains only alphanumeric, period (.), underscore (_), and hyphen (-) characters.

The current account name, taken from line 2 of the $SWDIR/swdefs file.

You cannot change this value.

Default Value

The name of the user account that is being used to run the installer.

Note: If you are logged in as the background user, you cannot change this name.

Node-cluster

If you are installing a slave server, the account name used must be the same name used on the master server.

 

Notes

You can use the same UNIX account for both the iProcess Engine Background User Name and iProcess Engine Administration User Name.

If the account name you specify does not exist, you are prompted to create it. For example:

Installing TIBCO iProcess Engine version 11.8.0
 
Location, Identification and OS Accounts Menu
 
* ) Installation Directory                   : /TIBCO/iPE/swnod1
2 ) iProcess Engine Nodename                 : redhatas5
3 ) iProcess Engine Licensee Name            : TIBCO iPE 11.8.0 Install
4 ) iProcess Engine Background User Name     : pro
5 ) iProcess Engine Administration User Name : swadmin
6 ) iProcess Engine User Group Name          : staffwar
 
Enter number of item to edit, (C)ontinue, (B)ack or (Q)uit: 4
Enter new value for iProcess Engine Background User Name: pro1
User (pro1) does not exist on this system.
Create user? (Y/N - default N): y
• If you enter Y, the user is flagged for creation and the new username is displayed in the menu.
• If you enter N, the previous name is shown.

Note 

The user account is not actually created until the installer performs the installation. See Installing TIBCO iProcess Engine in Console Mode, The installer now performs the necessary installation tasks using the supplied configuration information. A number of messages are displayed informing you of the progress of the installation..

Note 

For a non-root iProcess Engine installation, the iProcess Engine user and groups must be created before installing iProcess Engine.

Control File Keyword

IPEI_BGUSER