Its a separation of duties feature. If you don't plan (or won't) separate duties then don't use it. If you do separate duties then you already likely have similar issues elsewhere -- running root.sh springs to mind. On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 1:06 AM, Chen Zhou <oracle.unknowns@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, Everyone, > Is there any advantage for having different owners for Oracle Home and > Grid Home? I found even though it sounds like a good idea and allows you > to assign support to different users, in practice the same people(DBAs) > usually end up managing both Grid and Oracle homes. Having different > owners for Grid and Oracle Homes only added permission problems in > installation and configuration. > Any thought? > Thank you, > Chen > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info