Tip on Oracle 11.1.0.6 installation on AIX 6.1

Between the installation of Oracle 11.1.0.6 on AIX 6.1, I got an error message

messageUsername cannot be empty

Exception in thread "FileSystemPreferencesHook" java.lang.SecurityException: Could not lock User prefs. Lock file access denied.

at java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.checkLockFile0ErrorCode(FileSystemPreferences.java:956)

at java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.lockFile(FileSystemPreferences.java:945)

at java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.sync(FileSystemPreferences.java:751)

at java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.flush(FileSystemPreferences.java:844)

at java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.syncWorld(FileSystemPreferences.java:488)

at java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.access$1200(FileSystemPreferences.java:61)

at java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences$5$1.run(FileSystemPreferences.java:466)

To correct the problem, one need to edit 'refhost.xml' and change the PACKAGE VALUE to the value of the installed fileset ...

Server installation

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$ cd database/stage/prereq/db/

$ cp -p refhost.xml refhost.xml.ORIG

$ vi refhost.xml

Look for the line (at or about line 55) ...

package value="xlC.aix50.rte" version="9.0.0.0"

Change it to ...

package value="xlC.aix61.rte" version="9.0.0.5"

Save and quit

Client installation

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$ cd client/stage/prereq/client/

$ cp -p refhost.xml refhost.xml.ORIG

$ vi refhost.xml

Look for the line (at or about line 55) ...

package value="xlC.aix50.rte" version="9.0.0.0"

Change it to ...

package value="xlC.aix61.rte" version="9.0.0.5"

Save and quit

Then, try again with './runInstaller'

This is a known bug and resolution ID 741422.1 has been delivered for it.