Access Denied Sy-subrc 15 May 2026

# On OS level: chmod +x /usr/sap/trans/scripts/my_script.sh chown a4hadm:sapsys /usr/sap/trans/scripts/my_script.sh The Incident: A batch job ran every night to write CSV files to /tmp/export/ . It worked for two years. Suddenly, every run fails with sy-subrc 15 .

# If reading a file cat /usr/sap/trans/data/yourfile.txt # If writing a file touch /usr/sap/trans/data/yourfile.txt If touch returns Permission denied , you have your answer. Check ls -la on the directory and file. Once you have identified the root cause (using Part 3), apply the specific surgical fix. Fix A: The Permission Correction (Most Common) Scenario: The directory exists, but <sid>adm can't write. Solution: Log in as root on the application server. access denied sy-subrc 15

While a generic "Access Denied" pop-up might send a junior developer scrambling to check basic login credentials, a seasoned SAP professional knows that the devil is in the details—specifically, the system variable . # On OS level: chmod +x /usr/sap/trans/scripts/my_script

DATA: lv_filename TYPE string, lv_rc TYPE i, lv_os_error TYPE string. lv_filename = '/usr/sap/export/output.txt'. # If reading a file cat /usr/sap/trans/data/yourfile

Move the archive process to a dedicated directory structure ( /sapmnt/archive/ instead of /tmp/ ), and implement a cleanup routine.

drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Oct 26 09:30 /tmp/export The ( t ) is set. On Linux, the sticky bit on /tmp means only the file owner (root) or directory owner (root) can delete or rename files. But the SAP user ( a4hadm ) owns the files inside. Why?