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On the off chance this is an easy one, are you logging in as the user oracle? Have you tried using sudo?
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On the off chance this is an easy one, are you logging in as the user oracle? Have you tried using sudo?

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Run who<br />
ls -l myfile.txt <br />
getfacl myfile.txt<br />
The issue might be you do not have rights on myfile.txt.<br />
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Try cp first?<br />
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An mv is a copy and delete the original.
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Run who
ls -l myfile.txt
getfacl myfile.txt
The issue might be you do not have rights on myfile.txt.

Try cp first?

An mv is a copy and delete the original.

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you might also check ls -ld .
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df -k <br />
Is /MyDir its own partition?<br />
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Wait a second, why are you using /MyDir?<br />
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mv myfile.txt MyDir
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df -k
Is /MyDir its own partition?

Wait a second, why are you using /MyDir?

mv myfile.txt MyDir

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arnold was the first to suggest that you might not have meant to move the file to <b>/</b>MyDir
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arnold was the first to suggest that you might not have meant to move the file to /MyDir

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I am trying to move a file into a subdirectory:<br />
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mv myfile.txt /MyDir<br />
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and getting an error:<br />
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mv: /MyDir: The file access permissions do not allow the specified action<br />
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The permissions are as follows:<br />
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drwxr-xr-x &nbsp; &nbsp;2 oracle &nbsp; dba &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 256 May 20 16:23 MyDir<br />
-rwxr--r-- &nbsp; &nbsp;1 oracle &nbsp; dba &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;14327181312 May 20 16:32 myfile.txt
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I am trying to move a file into a subdirectory:

mv myfile.txt /MyDir

and getting an error:

mv: /MyDir: The file access permissions do not allow the specified action

The permissions are as follows:

drwxr-xr-x    2 oracle   dba             256 May 20 16:23 MyDir
-rwxr--r--    1 oracle   dba      14327181312 May 20 16:32 myfile.txt

Cannot move a file on Unix

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