Couchdb 1.2 installed on Centos 5.8 starts with File operation error and Test Suite fails

[Mike Kimber]

I have installed Couchdb 1.2 on Centos 5.8. However when I start it, it 
generates a bunch of errors like:

[Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:25:49 GMT] [error] [<0.21.0>] {error_report,<0.9.0>,
                                 {<0.21.0>,std_error,
                                  "File operation error: eacces. Target: 
./couch_secondary_sup.beam. Function: get_file. Process: code_server."}}

Additionally when I try to run the test suite ort verify Installation these 
seem to fail with a similar set of errors.

However Futon works and I have been able to set up replication between this 
server and its pulled documents across

I'm assuming this is some form of permissions issue, but I've checked the file 
system permissions against our Couchdb 1.1.1 install and they seem to be the 
same.

Any help greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Mike