Error Message :
In the the output of the command the following message may appear:
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Fatal error reading General table
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On the universe.log, the following error appears:
|ERROR|X|uni|pid=p.t| htonHandshakeAuthent | o_ReadILocal_OWLS returns error [-99]
The error message "o_ReadILocal_OWLS returns error [-99]" means that the file <dollar_universe_folder>/data/exp/local/hostname_bs_username.key can not be open in mode rb(read binary) by the system user that launched the command.
Possible causes are:
the file is locked by someone else
the file owner is wrong
missing permissions for reading the file for the system user launching the command
In case the issue appears, when launching the command line as a specific submission account, called USERNAME, please apply the following procedure
1. Verify that the file /data/AREA/local/localhostname_bs_USERNAME.key has the correct permissions set for the USERNAME that launches the command
Example of the files that can be found on Windows:
Example of the files/permissions/owner that can be found on Linux:
2. If the permission/owner is wrong, fix it and retry the command that failed, it should work immediately
3. In case it still fails, please delete the associated .key file ( in Windows you will have to manually add full control to your user to be able to delete the file) and retry again.