Solaris Common Messages and Troubleshooting Guide

Permission denied

Cause

An attempt was made to access a file in a way forbidden by the protection system.

Action

Check the ownership and protection mode of the file (with a long listing from the ls -l command) to see who is allowed access to the file. Then change the file or directory permissions, as needed.

Technical Notes

The symbolic name for this error is EACCES, errno=13.