actually i replied to the wrong thread. D'OH! But it seems that SELinux was behind each problem.. setenforce 0 on that machine allowed it to work. Tho I readily admit that I wish I was more familiar with SELinux. :) [root at VIRTCENT09:/usr/lib] #java -version java version "1.7.0" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-b147) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Dunphy" <bluethundr at jokefire.com> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 11:52:12 AM Subject: Re: [CentOS] java permission denied Hi Barry, Apparently the problem was SELinux! I did a 'setenforce 0' and was able to login to ftp! [root at LCENT05:~] #getenforce Permissive [root at LCENT05:~] #/usr/bin/ftp localhost Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1). 220 FTP Server ready. Name (localhost:root): bluethundr 331 Password required for bluethundr Password: 230 User bluethundr logged in Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. Thanks!! tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Brimer" <lists at brimer.org> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 11:04:13 AM Subject: Re: [CentOS] java permission denied > I just tried installing jdk 1.0.7 on my centos 5.6 box and I am getting > a permission denied error when I try to display the java version. What are your SELinux settings? Are there any messages in /var/log/audit/audit.log Barry _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos