Create the user ID and group

 

Create the required user ID and group ID before you install WebSphere MQ. Both user ID and group ID must be set to mqm. For stand-alone machines, you can create the new user ID and group IDs locally; for machines administered in a network information services (NIS) domain, an administrator must create the IDs on the NIS master server machine.

We can use the System Management Interface Tool (smitty), for which you require root authority.

  1. To create the mqm group, display the required window using this sequence:
      Security & Users
        Groups
          Add a Group
    Set the group name field to mqm.

  2. To create the new user, mqm, display the required window using this sequence:
      Security & Users
        Users
          Add a User
    Set the user name field to mqm.

  3. To add a password to the new user ID, display the required window using this sequence:
      Security & Users
         Passwords
          Change a User's Password
    Set the password as required.

It is also suggested that you set the mqm user's home directory to /var/mqm.

 

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Set up the user ID and group ID


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