Autoconfig Fails On txkChkFormsLaunchMethod.pl With "Unable to open file"&"No such file or directory" (Doc ID 2761184.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 02, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

When user runs Autoconfig user gets the following exception on txkChkFormsLaunchMethod.pl.

ERROR
TXK Script Name: txkChkFormsLaunchMethod.pl
Enter the APPS user password:
ERRORCODE = 1 ERRORCODE_END
.end std out.
stty: standard input: Inappropriate ioctl for device
stty: standard input: Inappropriate ioctl for device
*******FATAL ERROR*******
PROGRAM : (/u01/fs1/EBSapps/appl/fnd/12.0.0/patch/115/bin/txkChkFormsLaunchMethod.pl)
TIME : Thu Feb 25 14:49:56 2021
FUNCTION: [ Level 1 ]
ERRORMSG: *******FATAL ERROR*******
PROGRAM : (/u01/fs1/EBSapps/appl/fnd/12.0.0/patch/115/bin/txkChkFormsLaunchMethod.pl)
TIME : Thu Feb 25 14:49:56 2021
FUNCTION: TXK::IO::open [ Level 3 ]
MESSAGES:
error = Unable to open file
errorno = No such file or directory
file =

*There maybe following another error messages.

MESSAGES:
error = Unable to open file
errorno = Permission denied
file = >>plus_Wed_Dec_15_16_27_16_2021_D32B3C46EF930305E05305A85EBFB22B.sql

STACK TRACE
 at /u01/fs1/EBSapps/appl/au/12.0.0/perl/TXK/Error.pm line 168
TXK::Error::abort('TXK::Error', 'HASH(0x1d6e040)') called at /u01/fs1/EBSapps/appl/au/12.0.0/perl/TXK/Common.pm line 299
TXK::Common::doError('TXK::IO=HASH(0x31ec278)', 'HASH(0x2b0d1d8)', undef) called at /u01/fs1/EBSapps/appl/au/12.0.0/perl/TXK/Common.pm line 314
TXK::Common::setError('TXK::IO=HASH(0x31ec278)', 'HASH(0x2b0d1d8)') called at /u01/fs1/EBSapps/appl/au/12.0.0/perl/TXK/IO.pm line 291
TXK::IO::open('TXK::IO=HASH(0x31ec278)', 'HASH(0x2edb218)') called at /u01/fs1/EBSapps/appl/au/12.0.0/perl/TXK/TechstackDB.pm line 635
TXK::TechstackDB::_getSQLValue('TXK::TechstackDB=HASH(0x2983380)', 'select count(*) from fnd_profile_options where profile_option...') called at /u01/fs1/EBSapps/appl/au/12.0.0/perl/TXK/TechstackDB.pm line 573
TXK::TechstackDB::getSQLValue('TXK::TechstackDB=HASH(0x2983380)', 'select count(*) from fnd_profile_options where profile_option...') called at /u01/fs1/EBSapps/appl/fnd/12.0.0/patch/115/bin/txkChkFormsLaunchMethod.pl line 192
main::updateWebStartContextValue() called at /u01/fs1/EBSapps/appl/fnd/12.0.0/patch/115/bin/txkChkFormsLaunchMethod.pl line 92
eval {...} called at /u01/fs1/EBSapps/appl/fnd/12.0.0/patch/115/bin/txkChkFormsLaunchMethod.pl line 71

STACK TRACE
 at /u01/fs1/EBSapps/appl/au/12.0.0/perl/TXK/Error.pm line 220
TXK::Error::printMsg('TXK::Error', '*******FATAL ERROR*******\x{a}PROGRAM : (/u30/EBS/fs1/EBSapp...') called at /u01/fs1/EBSapps/appl/fnd/12.0.0/patch/115/bin/txkChkFormsLaunchMethod.pl line 97

STEPS
The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

1. Open $CONTEXT_FILE and set "s_forms_launch_method" to "jws".
2. Create a readonly directory like below
3. Run the appstier autoconfig from the read only directory
4. txkChkFormsLaunchMethod.pl execution fails

Cause

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