RPM Installation Guide for Oracle Database 12c and Oracle BI Publisher 12c Pre-Installation Tasks Create an Oracle User Account Create an Oracle User Account Create an Oracle group and user account on your Linux system(s). Use either the -X or -Y flag to enable X11 forwarding through SSH when you log in as root. For example: ssh –Y root@server-name Create a new group called oracle. $ groupadd oracle Create a new user account called oracle that belongs to the oracle group. useradd -m -g oracle -d /home/oracle -s /bin/bash oracle Set the password for the oracle user account. passwd oracle