I think they requried user/group
jonathan, not jonathon!
Thanks for the feedback. It is my mistake completely. Looks like I need to create a new set of aolserver RPMs.
I am currently thousands of miles from the machine I use for OpenACS/AolServer RPM development (and it is on a dialout modem only).
I'll definitely get to this on my return to the UK in early March, and may try to do it while on the road before that if time permits.
Meanwhile... if you do a useradd jonathan , does the install then work fine for you under Red Hat 6.2? Does the resulting OpenACS setup then work the way you would expect?