Hi

We have recently moved from Windows and installed Linux. I've also
installed Weblogic 8.1.

My question is about how to organize users in Linux. I've installed
Weblogic in
/usr/local/bea/weblogic8_1 with root as owner and and the the group
javadev as group. The permissions in /usr/local/bea/weblogic8_1 and
its subdirectories, is set to allow the owner to write log files
as default, but not the group.

This means I need to be owner to start up Weblogic, because Weblogic
writes logfiles. But I want to organize my development making it
possible for the group javadev, to start up Weblogic.

Maybe I could adjust the permissions for the group javadev, to make it
possible for the group to write logfiles, which will make it possible
for them to start up Weblogic as well. But I'm looking for a good
practice to organize the the users. One solution world be to set the
group javadev as owner, but is it possible?

Another solution I've considered is to create a user weblogic, which
owns /usr/local/bea/weblogic8_1 and its subdirectories. Javadevelopers
would then get the password for the weblogic users and could start
Weblogic. But I don't think it's a perfect solution, because
javadevelopers then needs to use another user but for their own.

I really appreciate any good advice, which could help me in the
configuration of my users!

Regards,
Andy