Troubleshooting
Problem
Creating new instance with db2icrt command, may fail with the file access permissions do not allow the specified action error.
Symptom
Following error may be throw in this case
$ ./db2icrt -u db2inst2 db2inst2
The file access permissions do not allow the specified action.
ksh: /dev/null: 0403-005 Cannot create the specified file.
cat: cannot open /tmp/db2icrt.tmp1.647654
DBI1281E The database manager configuration file could not be initialized.
[{"Product":{"code":"SSEPGG","label":"Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Component":"Install\/Migrate\/Upgrade - Instance","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"9.7;9.5;10.1;10.5;11.1","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB10","label":"Data and AI"}}]
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Modified date:
30 April 2025
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