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Title
Unable to install patch, Permission denied -
Description
Patch installation was failing with the following error:
(1) cleanup.sql-5.3.2.54 mv: cannot create regular file `/opt/oracle/shareplex/prod/bin/cleanup.sql': Permission denied
(2) clean_vardir.sh-5.3.2.54 mv: cannot create regular file `/opt/oracle/shareplex/prod/bin/clean_vardir.sh': Permission denied
Customer was running as root but was still getting permission error.
Customer was able to reproduce the problem:
mv README /tmp
mv /tmp/README /opt/oracle/shareplex/prod/bin/
mv: cannot create regular file `/opt/oracle/shareplex/prod/bin/README': Permission denied -
Cause
SELinux was turned on, this removed file overwrite privileges from all users, including root.Permission denied error will come up if installation is NOT running as root.Make sure the user doing the install is root
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Resolution
This issue was caused by SELinux. To resolve this issue disable SELinux and rebooted the machine and then run the upgrade.
For more information please visit http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/selinux-guide/rhlcommon-section-0068.html