Question

I’m new to linux and mongodb so this is probably a newbe question…

I can start mongo like this (alt #1)

$ mongod --dbpath /mnt/datadrive/data --logpath /mnt/datadrive/data/mongod.log

But when I start is “service-wise” (alt #2)

$ sudo service mongod start

I get:

Starting mongod: can't open /mnt/datadrive/data/mongod.log
for log file: errno:13 Permission denied

(i’ve set the dbpath and logpath in /etc/mongod.conf)

So, is mongod started with a different user when run alt #2? What account is that?

If so, how do I allow that account to access /mnt/datadrive/data/ ?

Thanks!

Answer 1

chown -R mangodb /mnt/datadrive