Unable to create node /home/<SID>adm with type directory

[Former Member]

I am currently experiencing a problem when trying to install a Java Stack onto my new SCM 7.0 EHP1 server.

I receive the error:

System call failed.  Error 89......mkdir..../home/djdadm....

(djd is the SID of my new Java AS)

This is followed by an error:

Unable to create node /home/djdadm with type directory

We have Solaris v10 (SPARC), and the ABAP stack has already been installed successfully.

The user djdadm was created manually on solaris before starting the installation (assigned to groups sapsys, dba, sapinst + oper) and the home directory "/usr/sap/DJD/home" was specified.

Note the difference in the home directory that it is trying to create to the one that we set against the new user djdadm.

This error is experienced quite early in when SAPINST is performing the tasks (and it stops at the Create users for SAP system stage).

I was experiencing a problem where SAPINST crashed completely for a while, so I've downloaded the latest version of SAPINST today. Also, I've set a new TEMP folder and am running SAPINST from there, but am stuck at the problem mentioned above.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Alistair Crawshaw

[desiree_matas · Accepted solution]

Hello,

It looks like a Solaris issue. Check if the home directory /home is reserved in the Solaris configuration.

You may try this in that case:

1. modify /etc/auto_master file to change the entry for '/home' to say

'/autohome' instead

2. reboot

3. rmdir /home

4. ln -s /export/home /home (make sure /export/home exists)

Regards,

Désiré

[Former Member]

Thi sproblem is now fixed.

It was due to the way the user ad been setup incorrectly.