Resolving a Java ES Permissions Problem

If after performing a clean install you still cannot launch the installer, you may be experiencing a problem with permissions. This problem typically occurs on Linux because of an incorrect default umask value. This problem arises when you install as one user, such as root, then use a regular LDAP user for Directory Server. When you launch Directory Server as the LDAP user, it fails because this user does not have access to files that have been installed as root because of a umask value that is too restrictive.

For example, you can reset the permissions using a simple script as follows:

# cd /opt/sun
# for i in `find . -perm 750`
do
chmod $i 755 $i
done
# for i in `find. -perm 640`
do
chmod $i 644 $i
done
# cd instance-directory
# for i in `find . -perm 750`
do
chmod $i 755 $i
done
# for i in `find . -perm 640`
do 
chmod $i 644 $i
done