Originally posted by marist89
Personally, I'm not a big fan of having the Oracle software owned by different Unix users because you run into a lot of permissions issues.
It really depends on your use. If you're going to have multipule databases on one server and you have the room to create individual O-homes, then having unique id's is the way to go. However, if you're going to have mulitpule databases sharing the same home as long as you make sure the group id has the same permissions, there are no problems as well. I've had successful results for years now.