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Title
Activation fails with error "Can't lock /dir/config/cfg_name - Permission denied" -
Description
Activation failed.
Event log had following error
09/23/08 10:07 Logging user command: oracle activate config config_name
09/23/08 10:07 Process launched: sp_tconf (for o.SID) [pid = 10900]
09/23/08 10:07 Notice: Oracle env - SID:/oracle_home [sp_tconf(pdb)/10900]
09/23/08 10:07 Error: Can't lock /dir1/vardir/config/config_name - Permission denied [sp_tconf(act)/10900]
09/23/08 10:07 Error: 14002 - sp_conf exit due to activation failure. [sp_tconf/10900]
09/23/08 10:07 Bad config file: file - unknown; Error: Unable to activate config.
09/23/08 10:07 Process exited sp_tconf (for o.SID) [pid = 10900] - exit(1) -
Cause
Config file has corruption at the OS level.
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Resolution
Make a copy of the config file and activate the new config file.