OPatch failed with error code 135 – Argument(s) Error… Given ‘ocmrf’ file does not exists

Issue

Using opatch auto to apply patch 18706472, it failed with error code 135:

opatchauto2017-09-23_04-21-57.log shows:

2017-09-23 04:24:41: s_run_as_user2: Running /bin/su oracle -c ' /oracle/product/11.2.0/db/OPatch/opatch napply /software_dump/latestpatch/18706472/18522509 -local -silent -ocmrf /home/grid/responsefile/file.rsp -oh /oracle/product/11.2.0/db -invPtrLoc /oracle/product/11.2.0/db/oraInst.loc '
2017-09-23 04:24:42: Removing file /tmp/filexagz0g
2017-09-23 04:24:42: Successfully removed file: /tmp/filexagz0g
2014-09-23 04:24:42: /bin/su exited with rc=135

2017-09-23 04:24:42: status of apply patch is 34560
2017-09-23 04:24:42: The apply patch output is Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 11.2.0.3.6
Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.

Argument(s) Error... Given 'ocmrf' file does not exists.

Please check the arguments and try again.

OPatch failed with error code 135

Cause

[oracle@racnode1 ~]$ ls -l /home/grid/responsefile/file.rsp
ls: cannot access /home/grid/responsefile/file.rsp: Permission denied

[grid@racnode1 ~]$ ls -l /home |grep grid
drwx------ 20 grid oinstall 4096 Sep 1 10:46 agrid

Solution

Either open the permission of /home/grid path to be 755, eg:

$ chmod 755 /home/grid

The permission looks like:

drwxr-xr-x 20 grid oinstall 4096 Sep 1 10:46 grid

Or create a response file under a directory accessible by both grid user and oracle user, for example: /tmp/file.rsp

Retry opatch auto command, it works fine after the change.

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