Preparing Operating System Users (SAP Library - Transport Tools (BC-CTS-TLS))

Preparing Operating System Users

Use

If you want to install tp , the operating system users must fulfill the following requirements.

Procedure

Operating System Users - UNIX

The means provided by the operating system are used to check the authorizations for the files in the transport directory. To transport in a group of systems connected for the purpose of transport, tp gives the group belonging to the owner of a file all authorizations for that file. Group sapsys , containing all the owners of the SAP Systems ( <sapsid>adm ), plays a central role here.

All owners of SAP Systems (at UNIX level) must be in the group sapsys .

The group sapsys must have the same group identification number ( gid ) on all the computers of the transport group. (This is suggested, but not guaranteed by the installation tools.)

Operating System Users - Windows NT

Each user that wants to use the transport system requires read and write authorization in the transport directory.

If you call a transport program directly from the operating system level, only use the operating system user <SAPSID> ADM .

If you call a transport program from the SAP System (Change and Transport Organizer or Transport Management System), the user under which the SAP System was started is used. This user is SAPService<SAPSID> for a standard installation of the operating system user.

To check under which user the SAP System was started, choose Control Panel ® Services ® SAP<SAPSID>_<Sysno.> ® Startup ® .

For each SAP System that is part of the transport group, you must give read and write authorization to the following operating system users:

<SAPSID> ADM (for example, C11ADM)

SAPService<SAPSID> (for example, SAPServiceC11)

Operating System Users - AS/400

Each user who wants to use the transport system at the operating system level must be a group member in the group profile <sapsid>OFR .

This gives the user authorization to call transport programs. The programs themselves inherit the authority of user <sapsid>OWNER .

Note that at present user names and passwords must be exactly the same in all SAP Systems. This is a restriction required for remote access using /QFileSvr.400 of OS/400.