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Oracle Linux: Unable to Scan Disks Using Oracleasm and Getting "/var/log/oracleasm: Permission denied" Errors (Doc ID 2421519.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 22, 2025

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 6.1 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64
Linux x86

Symptoms

A user currently logged onto the system is unable to scan  asm disks using oracleasm, and encountered the following errors:

Cause

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