1.1 Configuring Your Environment

Before you begin using the Oracle Identity Management command-line tools, you must configure your environment. This involves setting the appropriate environment variables. Also, if you will be running commands from a Microsoft Windows machine, you will need to install UNIX emulation software. See the following sections for more information:

Setting Environment Variables
UNIX Emulation Utilities for Windows

1.1.1 Setting Environment Variables

The syntax and examples provided in this guide require that you have the following environment variables set:

ORACLE_HOME - The location of your Oracle Identity Management installation.
ORACLE_SID - The directory database connect string. If you already have a tnsnames.ora file configured, then this is the net service name specified in that file, which is located in $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin.
NLS_LANG (APPROPRIATE_LANGUAGE.AL32UTF8) - The default language set at installation is AMERICAN_AMERICA.
PATH - The following directory locations should be added to your PATH:

$ORACLE_HOME/bin

$ORACLE_HOME/ldap/bin

$ORACLE_HOME/ldap/admin

$ORACLE_HOME/opmn/bin

1.1.2 UNIX Emulation Utilities for Windows

To run shell script tools on the Microsoft Windows operating system, you need one of the following UNIX emulation utilities:

Cygwin 1.3.2.2-1 or later. Visit: http://sources.redhat.com
MKS Toolkit 6.1. Visit: http://www.datafocus.com/