You can run either a deployment manager or application server as root in WebSphere® Application Server Version 7.0 when you previously used a non-root user ID on Linux® and UNIX® platforms in Version 5.1.x or Version 6.x.
This must be done for the deployment manager or application servers to run correctly.
cd $WASROOT/profiles/ chown -R wasadmin dmgr/ chgrp -R wasndgrp dmgr/ chmod -R 755 dmgr/ ... cd $WASROOT/profiles/dmgr/bin ./startManager.shwhere the profile name is dmgr run as a user in wasadmin with the primary group wasndgrp.