Current Page: NeXtMidas Training Installing NeXtMidas Installing on Unix Create Data Directories
| User Accounts and Directories: Many Unix installations are done on shared systems where users share NeXtMidas installations and data directories (often on a RAID array). While this is optional for single-user installations, most users prefer to do it this way. Where applicable, NeXtMidas and X-Midas can be setup to share data directories and user accounts. Setup User Accounts: Most users prefer to install NeXtMidas using the X-Midas Manager user account (`xmmgr`) and group (`midas`). Users who do not have an existing X-Midas Manager account setup typically ignore this and just create the install directories using the `root` account and give all NeXtMidas users access to the directories. Create NeXtMidas Data Directories: Basic User data directories are located under `/midas/data1/`. Individual user directories are named `/midas/data1/<user>/` where `<user>` is the user's login. Remember to change the permissions and user/group settings so that users will be able to read and write in their own data directory. Advanced All NeXtMidas data directories are usually mounted under `/midas/`. Tip: Many users make `/midas` an independent partition on the local disk and give it a size of approximately 16MB. This prevents the root partition from being filled up in the event of a RAID failure. Local user accounts are placed under `/midas/data1`. Many systems have `/midas/data1` as a separate disk partition. Individual user directories are named `/midas/data1/<user>/` where `<user>` is the user's login. Other data disks would also be mounted under `/midas/`, a common one is `/midas/data11` used for RAID arrays. (This is totally optional and is only used where applicable.)