You must have a user ID that meets the following requirements before
you can install Rational® Functional Tester.
- Your user ID must not contain double-byte characters.
- For Windows®, the user privileges required for installing
depend on the version of Windows on your computer:
- For Windows Vista, you must log in to the Administrator
account (or run as Administrator; right-click the program file or shortcut
and select Run as Administrator) to perform the following
tasks:
- Install or update IBM® Installation Manager
- Install or update a product offering
- Install an Authorized-User license key for your product by using IBM Installation
Manager
Note: To enable users who are not the Administrator to work with
Rational Functional Tester on a Windows Vista
system:
- Do not install Rational Functional Tester into
a package group (installation location) in the Program Files directory (C:\Program
Files\) and do not choose a shared resources directory in the Program Files
directory.
- If you are extending an existing Eclipse installation, then do
not install Eclipse in the Program Files directory (C:\Program Files\).
- For other supported Windows versions, you must have
a user ID that belongs to the Administrators group.
- For Linux®:
You must be able to log in as root.