Error in CreateOUIProcess( ): 13

Please wait ...Error in CreateOUIProcess(): 13: Permission denied

When we try to launch the 12c database run installer from the Linux  we are getting the below error

Step 1

[oracle@oracledb1 database]$ ./runInstaller
Starting Oracle Universal Installer...
Checking Temp space: must be greater than 500 MB.   Actual 1356 MB    Passed
Checking swap space: must be greater than 150 MB.   Actual 49151 MB    Passed
Checking monitor: must be configured to display at least 256 colors.    Actual 16777216    Passed

Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2013-11-21_06-59-43AM. Please wait ...Error in CreateOUIProcess(): 13: Permission denied

Step 2

Check the file permission of the java which will execute the oui  the java of the run installer can be located in the /tmp/OraInstall

[oracle@oracledb1 bin]$ pwd

/tmp/OraInstall2013-11-20_11-19-33PM/jdk/jre/bin

[oracle@oracledb1 bin]$ ls

ControlPanel  java  java_vm  javaws  jcontrol  keytool  orbd  pack200  policytool  rmid  rmiregistry  servertool  tnameserv  unpack200

[oracle@oracledb1 bin]$ ./java

-bash: ./java: Permission denied

[oracle@oracledb1 bin]$

Check the file whether it is corrupted 

[oracle@oracledb1 bin]$ file java

java: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.4.0, not stripped

Once the file show the details it is not corrupted and we can use 

Step 3

Solution 1

Export the TMP directory to the home folders tmp directory so it will not touch the /tmp

export TMP=$HOME/tmp

Now the installer starts and goes through 

[oracle@oracledb1 database]$ ./runInstaller

Starting Oracle Universal Installer...

Checking Temp space: must be greater than 500 MB.   Actual 2510 MB    Passed

Checking swap space: must be greater than 150 MB.   Actual 49151 MB    Passed

Checking monitor: must be configured to display at least 256 colors.    Actual

16777216    Passed

Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from

/home/oracle/tmp/OraInstall2013-11-21_07-22-10AM. Please wait

...[oracle@oracledb1 database]$

Now we have permission to execute the java to invoke the GUI screen because the tmp folder is present in the home folder of the oracle user 

[oracle@oracledb1 bin]$ ./java -version

java version "1.6.0_37"

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_37-b06)

Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.12-b01, mixed mode)

[oracle@oracledb1 bin]$ pwd

/home/oracle/tmp/OraInstall2013-11-21_07-22-10AM/jdk/jre/bin

[oracle@oracledb1 bin]$

Solution 2

cat /etc/fstab

/dev/mapper/vglocal20130819-tmp00 /tmp                    ext4    defaults,nosuid,nodev,noexec        1 2

the execution permission was no execute and the java will not execute and start the oui installer change the mount option in the fstab and restart the ./runinstaller.. once you restart the run installer we need to reboot the Server to take effect ...