• 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.)