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My org has a requirement that the files should not be owned by root and all start stops be executed by designated user account instead of root. what I have done so far is as below.

1. stopped all IIS process\instances
2. changed ownership of all the files within Websphere and InformationServer
3. running the command ./MetadataServer.sh run starts WAS server but gets stuck with the message "Waiting for Information Server initialization..."

There's a few more steps you need to do. Research "impersonation mode".

I thought impersonation mode is required only when each user is required to create there own files in the project. Let me try and get back to you

These references may help.

Configuring WebSphere Application Server for non-root administration

Setting up a new non-root user for WebSphere Application Server

Running post-installation commands to enable non-root administration

Running the dsrpc daemon process as non-root in IBM InfoSphere Information Server is not really possible.

Starting IBM InfoSphere Information Server node agent as a non-root user

ray.wurlod wrote:These references may help.

[url=https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgece ... admin.html]Configuring WebSphere App ...

All the changes specified in those instructions are already done still I am not able to run it successfully. do you have any other suggestions?

I usually reserve MetadataServer.sh to be run by root (e.g. by the init process), and prefer the startServer.sh and stopServer.sh scripts for non-root control of the Application Server. MetadataServer.info is, by default, owned by root with rwx------ as its permissions.