The SAP ASE installation and setup process defines various user roles.
Different user roles have different responsibilities and privileges.
These user roles clarify the way SAP ASE is to be integrated into your system:
Operating system administrator – the individual
who maintains the operating system. This
individual has superuser or root privileges.
System administrator – the individual in charge
of SAP ASE system administration, creating user
accounts, assigning permissions on databases, and
creating new databases. At installation time, the
system administrator’s login name is “sa”. The
“sa” login is not a UNIX login. The “sa” login is
specific to SAP ASE and is used to log in to SAP
ASE using the isql command.
“sap” login – the “sap” login is a UNIX login
that owns all the SAP®
installation directories and files, sets
permissions on those directories and files, and
performs the installation and upgrading of SAP
ASE.
Note: This account is also known as “sybase”
login in previous releases.