Administrator, nonadministrator, and group mode
The mode determines the directories and commands that you use for both Installation Manager and packages.
After you use one user's account to install the product in nonadministrator mode, that installation cannot be transferred to another user's account.
Administrator mode
Use administrator mode when you have administrative privileges in Windows and root privileges in Linux, UNIX, IBM® z/OS®, IBM i, and the OS X operating system. You can administer and manage Installation Manager and packages. You can install packages in a common location that is accessible by all users on a system.
You can install only one administrator instance of Installation Manager on a computer.
Nonadministrator mode
Use nonadministrator mode to install packages in a location that is accessible only by the user who installs Installation Manager.
In this mode, you cannot install packages that require administrator access rights. The packages are installed with nonadministrator rights. You can install only one instance of Installation Manager for each user on a computer.
Group mode
Use group mode to enable a group of users to share packages in a common location. These users can manage packages with the same instance of Installation Manager by using group mode.
Group mode is available on Linux, UNIX, IBM z/OS, and the OS X platforms. Group mode is not available on Windows or IBM i.
You cannot install a package that is not enabled for group mode. You can use administrator or nonadministrator mode to install packages that are not enabled for group mode. Check the documentation for your package to determine whether the package is enabled for group mode.