Java – Cannot run java as regular linux user

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I am having problems trying to run java as a normal user on linux. It runs fine as root user but not as a regular user.

Any help would be apreciated.

Thanks

root@pro1 [~]# which java
/usr/local/jdk/bin/java
root@pro1 [~]# java -version
java version "1.6.0_22"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_22-b04)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.1-b03, mixed mode)
root@pro1 [~]# su istream
istream@xxxxxxxxx [/root]# which java
/usr/local/jdk/bin/java
istream@xxxxxxxxx [/root]# java -version
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not reserve enough space for object heap
Could not create the Java virtual machine.
istream@xxxxxxxxx [/root]#

Update:

Yes, limits was the problem.. The server is running cpanel and that is imposing some pretty strict limits on users.

Thanks for the info.

Best Answer

Are there any resource limitations in place for the istream user (run ulimit -a and compare) which root doesn't have, possibly virtual memory (RLIMIT_AS / ulimit -v) ?

If so, check if it gets applied by /etc/security/limits.conf and if you can make an exception for the istream user.

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