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Information Server istool: Error reading configuration: Permission denied

Troubleshooting


Problem

When using the istool command line utility within Information Server "Error reading configuration: Permission denied" message is received.

Symptom

The error message shown during the runtime of the command is:


!MESSAGE Error reading configuration: Permission denied
!STACK 0
java.io.IOException: Permission denied
at java.io.File.checkAndCreate(File.java:1715)
at java.io.File.createTempFile(File.java:1803)
at org.eclipse.osgi.storagemanager.StorageManager.
initializeInstanceFile(StorageManager.java:188)
at org.eclipse.osgi.storagemanager.StorageManager.open(StorageManager.java:701)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.BaseStorage.initFileManager(BaseStorage.java:162)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.BaseStorage.initialize(BaseStorage.java:139)
at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.BaseAdaptor.initializeStorage(BaseAdaptor.java:124)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.initialize(Framework.java:174)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.<init>(Framework.java:147)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.OSGi.createFramework(OSGi.java:90)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.OSGi.<init>(OSGi.java:31)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.startup(EclipseStarter.java:283)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:172)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:60)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:611)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:504)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:443)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1169)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1144)

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Modified date:
25 April 2025

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swg21612751

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