Okay, so I am sharing what worked out for me : Starting with @Jay SenSharma, I did give the 777 recursive permissions several times in the past, without in the past. However what has finally worked for me is : I kept my custom JDK in /usr/lib, I then made a simulink of the full path of custom jdk kept in lib to /usr/lib/jvm. And then, it worked. I guess not keeping the jdk in the lib was a major fracture point. Thanks a lot for the support man. ... View more