topic Re: splunk won't start with error Warning: cannot create "/opt/splunk/etc/licenses/enterprise" in Security

splunk won't start with error Warning: cannot create "/opt/splunk/etc/licenses/enterprise"

2012sluo — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:08:56 GMT

Hi I have splunk installed and can access everything in the terminal. I got to the ./splunk start part, and after reading through the licensing agreement, I get this:

Warning: cannot create "/opt/splunk/etc/licenses/enterprise"

Nothing happens after that. Any help here?

Re: splunk won't start with error Warning: cannot create "/opt/splunk/etc/licenses/enterprise"

thambisetty — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 09:45:13 GMT

may be permission issues.

Re: splunk won't start with error Warning: cannot create "/opt/splunk/etc/licenses/enterprise"

inventsekar — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 10:12:10 GMT

Warning: cannot create "/opt/splunk/etc/licenses/enterprise"

So, Splunk was not able to "create" the file.. Splunk user should have correct access to the /opt/splunk directory.

please reply us the "ls -l /opt/" so that we can have a look about the /opt/splunk directory permissions.

Re: splunk won't start with error Warning: cannot create "/opt/splunk/etc/licenses/enterprise"

vikramyadav — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 10:44:48 GMT

Are you trying to execute ./splunk start from the right path?
It seems like a permission issue or you are trying to start services of Splunk from low user privileges.