Saturday, June 30, 2012

How to change user to root when using oracle user on Exadata

How to change user to root when using oracle user on Exadata?
When trying to su to "root" user as "oracle", eventhough the password is correct, always showing incorrect password.

[oracle@server ~]$ su - root
Password:
su: incorrect password
[oracle@server ~]$

This is because of the "oracle" user is not a member of wheel group and this was done purposely by the Oracle Exadata Team.

If we want to do su to "root" user, just try solution below:

Add the oracle user to the wheel group.
usermod -G wheel oracle


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