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adstpall.sh fails with error: Unable to create logfile - permission denied (Doc ID 2859228.1)

Last updated on JULY 16, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Applications DBA - Version 12.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Unable to shutdown the Oracle EBS application services.

Run the ./adstpall.sh program, encountered the error message on the console. No log file generated.

ERROR
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$ ./adstpall.sh
touch: cannot touch `<INST_TOP>/logs/appl/admin/log/adstpall.log': Read-only file system
Unable to create logfile - permission denied
Attempted to write to:
<INST_TOP>/logs/appl/admin/log/adstpall.log


adstpall.sh: exiting with status 1


STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. Goto $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME
2. Execute ./adstpall.sh

Changes

 

Cause

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