You can run either a deployment manager or application server as root in WebSphere Application Server Version 6.0.x when you previously used a non-root user ID on Linux and UNIX platforms in Version 5.x.
Step for this task
This must be done in order 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.
Related tasks
Running an application server from a non-root user and the node agent
from root
Related information
Running the deployment manager with a non-root user ID