Unable to Complete Installation Due to File Permissions
Symptoms
Installing Confluence fails with an error similar to following which appears in the atlassian-confluence.log file.
2007-09-20 14:18:36,975 ERROR [http-80-Processor23] [opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher] serviceAction Could not execute action
-- url: /confluence/setup/dosetuplicense.action | userName: anonymous
com.atlassian.config.ConfigurationException: Couldn't save confluence.cfg.xml to /var/lib/confluence directory.
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Caused by: java.io.IOException: Permission denied
at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:876)
Cause
This occurs when the operating system user running Confluence has inadequate write permissions to the Confluence home directory (in this example '/var/lib/confluence')
Resolution
Ensure that the operating system user running Confluence has full read/write permissions to the Confluence home directory
Last modified on Mar 30, 2016
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