[SOLVED] Unable to create file with proper privileges

davholla · 07-21-2010, 05:13 AM

Code:

   RW-00022: Error: - Unable to create file with proper privileges:
		JAVA_TOP
		Mount Point = /media/SAMSUNG/d01/oracle/vis/apps/apps_st/comn/java/classes   test using command: su applmgr -c "touch /media/SAMSUNG/d01/oracle/vis/apps/tech_st/10.1.3/appsutil/jdk/test.tst"
touch: cannot touch `/media/SAMSUNG/d01/oracle/vis/apps/tech_st/10.1.3/appsutil/jdk/test.tst': Permission denied

I am trying to install Oracle ebs on my machine and I keep getting the above error. Any ideas?

angel115 · 07-21-2010, 05:41 AM

Just as hint.
If I'm not mistaking your /media/SAMSUNG/ folder, is your CD/DVD drive right?

If this is the case this is normal that you can't create any file in there.
As it says

Code:

touch: cannot touch `/media/SAMSUNG/d01/oracle/vis/apps/tech_st/10.1.3/appsutil/jdk/test.tst': Permission denied

check if you can specify an installation location.

druuna · 07-21-2010, 05:44 AM

Hi,

What is the file system used on /media/SAMSUNG/d01/oracle/vis/apps/apps_st/comn/java/classes and how is it mounted?

Post output of mount -l | grep "/media"

Hope this helps.

davholla · 07-21-2010, 06:39 AM

Here is the output

Code:

/dev/sda1 on /media/hd type vfat (rw) [DellUtility]
/dev/sda2 on /media/hd2 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096) [RECOVERY]
/dev/sda3 on /media/hd3 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096) [OS]
/dev/sdb1 on /media/SAMSUNG type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,uhelper=hal,flush,uid=500,utf8,shortname=lower) [SAMSUNG]

davholla · 07-21-2010, 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by angel115

Just as hint.
If I'm not mistaking your /media/SAMSUNG/ folder, is your CD/DVD drive right?

If this is the case this is normal that you can't create any file in there.
As it says

Code:

touch: cannot touch `/media/SAMSUNG/d01/oracle/vis/apps/tech_st/10.1.3/appsutil/jdk/test.tst': Permission denied

check if you can specify an installation location.

No it is an external hardrive. My PC itself does not have enough space to install Oracle ebs

druuna · 07-21-2010, 09:38 AM

Hi,

You are trying to install on a vfat file-system (windows!!), that is probably the base of the problem (or one of the mount options). I'm pretty sure a linux file-system (ext2/3/4 or similar) is needed. That is assuming that you run linux and try to install a linux oracle package.

Hope this helps.

davholla · 07-21-2010, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by druuna

Hi,

You are trying to install on a vfat file-system (windows!!), that is probably the base of the problem (or one of the mount options). I'm pretty sure a linux file-system (ext2/3/4 or similar) is needed. That is assuming that you run linux and try to install a linux oracle package.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for that. The reason why I am trying to use the external hard drive as my PC does not have that much memory. Is it possible to change the vfat system to a linux one? It does not have anything on it I want to save - apart from the samsung software.

druuna · 07-21-2010, 09:57 AM

Hi,

Changing your disk partition(s) to another FS is possible. You will loose all(!!!) data that is on those partitions. Make sure everything you need (the samsung software??) is relocated to a save place before you start.

I'm not a mandriva user, so I don't know which tools are present but either of the following can do the job (there are more):

- fdisk
- parted

Parted has the option to resize your current vfat partition and create a new ext2/3/4 partition next to the original one.

I just did a search and parted is on the Mandriva install cd (don't know if it is installed by default). I also noticed that by default mandriva uses ext3, so go for that one.

Hope this helps.

davholla · 07-22-2010, 05:58 AM

Thanks a lot I will try that.

druuna · 07-22-2010, 08:42 AM

You're welcome

ykerb · 08-04-2010, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by druuna

You are trying to install on a vfat file-system (windows!!), that is probably the base of the problem (or one of the mount options). I'm pretty sure a linux file-system (ext2/3/4 or similar) is needed. That is assuming that you run linux and try to install a linux oracle package.

I had the same situation. I have been told that it was not possible to change the rights on a FAT32 partition as root or what ever are the settings (umask, GSID, etc.).
Can this be confirmed for sure?

And if someone could explain why (i mean apart from saying that FAT partition can't be managed by GNU/Linux because of discrepancies in the FS) because as a basic person i would have thought that as 'root' you can do what ever you want.

druuna · 08-04-2010, 03:31 AM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by ykerb

I had the same situation. I have been told that it was not possible to change the rights on a FAT32 partition as root or what ever are the settings (umask, GSID, etc.).
Can this be confirmed for sure?

Yes, that is correct and confirmed.

Quote:

And if someone could explain why (i mean apart from saying that FAT partition can't be managed by GNU/Linux because of discrepancies in the FS) because as a basic person i would have thought that as 'root' you can do what ever you want.

FAT32 (windows file-systems in general) doesn't support linux/unix-style permissions, so you can only apply permissions to the entire Windows file-system, not to individual files and directories. The default permission for a FAT32 volume at mount time are rwx for root, but only rx for normal users.

It does come down to differences in the specific file-systems, which are implemented on a low level and tailored to the specific OS. Even root cannot do anything about that. Root is king of its own linux/unix domain, but just a guest on other domains (root has to play by the rules of that specific domain).

Hope this helps.

davholla · 08-20-2010, 03:02 PM

Thanks that solved.

druuna · 08-20-2010, 03:42 PM

You're welcome