Create the Pentaho user

Create an account that is assigned administrative privileges by performing the following steps. You will use this account to complete the rest of the installation instructions.

1. Create an administrative user on the computer which will host the Pentaho Server and name it: pentaho

2. Verify that you have the appropriate permissions to read, write, and execute commands in the pentaho user's home directory.

3. Make sure your users can write to the directory where you install the Pentaho suite.