Error: "Cannot open or create the nohup.out file"

Technical Note USA11210
Created 21-Oct-2004

Applies To
KEA! X 6.0

Unix

nohup.out

Symptoms

Error: "Cannot open or create the nohup.out file"

Error is displayed during login with Display output on

Cause

Possible Causes

You used the nohup command, and one of the following occurred:

- Your HOME variable is not set, and you do not have write permission on your home directory.
- Your HOME variable is set, but you do not have write permission on your home directory.
- Your HOME variable is set and a nohup.out file already exists in your home directory, but you do not have write permission on the $HOME/nohup.out file.

Fix

Procedures for Recovery:

1. Ensure that your HOME environment variable reflects your home directory.
2. Enter the echo $HOME command to see the value of your HOME environment variable.
3. If the two do not match, enter export HOME=PathName, where PathName is the full path of your home directory.
4. Reissue the nohup command.
5. Obtain write permission on the current directory.
6. Enter the ls -ld command to display the permissions on the current directory.
7. If you do not have write permission, see Recovering from File and Directory Permission Errors <dirpermerrs.htm> .
8. Reissue the nohup command.
9. Verify that the nohup.out file exists and obtain write permission.