Error executing shell script using dbms_scheduler

I have a job running which executes a shell script,which fails with following error :
SQL> SELECT additional_info
2 FROM user_scheduler_job_run_details
3 WHERE log_date = (SELECT MAX (log_date)
4 FROM user_scheduler_job_run_details);
ADDITIONAL_INFO
ORA-27369: job of type EXECUTABLE failed with exit code: No such file or directory
STANDARD_ERROR="mkdir: Failed to make directory "/export/home/bwsolaris/abc"; Permission denied"
This are contents of my shell script
#!/bin/ksh
/bin/mkdir /export/home/bwsolaris/abc
Can anyone suggest me some way out of it?
Thanks in advance!!!

Does oracle still creates a user nobody"nobody" is a "standard" Unix/Linux lowly privileged user, which is used by DBMS_SCHEDULER by default.
You should change permissions on /export/home/bwsolaris, e.g.
$ chmod 777 /export/home/bwsolaris
or use a different directory, where everyone has access, for example /tmp.
Or take a look at Metalink Note:391820.1 - Scheduled Job Running Shell Script Fails With ORA-27369

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