Hi Barry, Apparently the problem was SELinux! I did a 'setenforce 0' and was able to login to ftp! [root@LCENT05:~] #getenforce Permissive [root@LCENT05:~] #/usr/bin/ftp localhost Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1). 220 FTP Server ready. Name (localhost:root): bluethundr 331 Password required for bluethundr Password: 230 User bluethundr logged in Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. Thanks!! tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Brimer" <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 11:04:13 AM Subject: Re: java permission denied > I just tried installing jdk 1.0.7 on my centos 5.6 box and I am getting > a permission denied error when I try to display the java version. What are your SELinux settings? Are there any messages in /var/log/audit/audit.log Barry _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos