https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Permission-denied-when-starting-splunk/m-p/219813#M6265 <P>no i did. "chown -R adminUser:adminGroup /opt/splunk" </P> Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:15:25 GMT CletisNPT 2016-08-09T17:15:25Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Permission-denied-when-starting-splunk/m-p/219810#M6262 <PRE><CODE>Starting Splunk... Cannot open file=/opt/splunk/etc/system/local/server.conf for parsing: Permission denied Cannot create username mapping file: /opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini: Permission denied Cannot open file=/opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini for parsing: Permission denied Error opening username mapping file: /opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/search/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/system/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/learned/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Cannot open file=/opt/splunk/etc/system/local/server.conf for parsing: Permission denied Cannot create username mapping file: /opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini: Permission denied Cannot open file=/opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini for parsing: Permission denied Error opening username mapping file: /opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/search/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/system/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/learned/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Cannot open file=/opt/splunk/etc/system/local/server.conf for parsing: Permission denied Cannot create username mapping file: /opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini: Permission denied Cannot open file=/opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini for parsing: Permission denied Error opening username mapping file: /opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/search/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/system/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/learned/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Pid file "/opt/splunk/var/run/splunk/splunkd.pid" unreadable.: Permission denied Pid file "/opt/splunk/var/run/splunk/splunkd.pid" unreadable.: Permission denied Splunk&gt; Now with more code! Checking prerequisites... Cannot open file=/opt/splunk/etc/system/local/server.conf for parsing: Permission denied Cannot create username mapping file: /opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini: Permission denied Cannot open file=/opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini for parsing: Permission denied Error opening username mapping file: /opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/search/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/system/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/learned/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Checking http port [8000]: Cannot open file=/opt/splunk/etc/system/local/server.conf for parsing: Permission denied Cannot create username mapping file: /opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini: Permission denied Cannot open file=/opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini for parsing: Permission denied Error opening username mapping file: /opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/search/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/system/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/learned/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied open Checking mgmt port [8089]: Cannot open file=/opt/splunk/etc/system/local/server.conf for parsing: Permission denied Cannot create username mapping file: /opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini: Permission denied Cannot open file=/opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini for parsing: Permission denied Error opening username mapping file: /opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/search/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/system/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/learned/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied open Checking appserver port [127.0.0.1:8065]: Cannot open file=/opt/splunk/etc/system/local/server.conf for parsing: Permission denied Cannot create username mapping file: /opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini: Permission denied Cannot open file=/opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini for parsing: Permission denied Error opening username mapping file: /opt/splunk/etc/users/users.ini Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/search/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/system/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/learned/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied open Checking configuration... Error while parsing '/opt/splunk/etc/myinstall/splunkd.xml': [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/opt/splunk/etc/myinstall/splunkd.xml' There were problems with the configuration files. Would you like to ignore these errors? [y/n]: y Done. Creating: /opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk/authDb Warning: cannot create "/opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk/authDb" </CODE></PRE> <P>How do I resolve this?</P> Tue, 09 Aug 2016 15:13:33 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Permission-denied-when-starting-splunk/m-p/219810#M6262 CletisNPT 2016-08-09T15:13:33Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Permission-denied-when-starting-splunk/m-p/219811#M6263 <P>disregard. "chown -R : /opt/splunk" fixed my issue.</P> Tue, 09 Aug 2016 15:18:28 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Permission-denied-when-starting-splunk/m-p/219811#M6263 CletisNPT 2016-08-09T15:18:28Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Permission-denied-when-starting-splunk/m-p/219812#M6264 <P>Good catch, it's almost always a permission issue </P> <P>Only question is, you didn't specify a a user or group when changing the ownership?</P> Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:05:29 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Permission-denied-when-starting-splunk/m-p/219812#M6264 skoelpin 2016-08-09T17:05:29Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Permission-denied-when-starting-splunk/m-p/219813#M6265 <P>no i did. "chown -R adminUser:adminGroup /opt/splunk" </P> Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:15:25 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Permission-denied-when-starting-splunk/m-p/219813#M6265 CletisNPT 2016-08-09T17:15:25Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Permission-denied-when-starting-splunk/m-p/219814#M6266 <P>Ii seems permission issue. Please check your Splunk process and which is running on which user. </P> <P>Login to root </P> <P>killall splunk &amp;&amp; killall mongod<BR /> chown -R splunk:splunk /opt/splunk<BR /> cd /opt/splunk/bin<BR /> ./splunk status ( If any Splunk process ID found )<BR /> kill -9 processid<BR /> sudo su - splunk<BR /> /opt/splunk/bin/splunk start</P> Thu, 14 Nov 2019 10:21:39 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Permission-denied-when-starting-splunk/m-p/219814#M6266 yaasirvatham_sp 2019-11-14T10:21:39Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Permission-denied-when-starting-splunk/m-p/219815#M6267 <P>killall splunk &amp;&amp; killall mongod<BR /> chown -R splunk:splunk /opt/splunk<BR /> cd /opt/splunk/bin<BR /> ./splunk status ( If any Splunk process ID found )<BR /> kill -9 processid<BR /> sudo su - splunk<BR /> /opt/splunk/bin/splunk start</P> Thu, 14 Nov 2019 10:22:07 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Permission-denied-when-starting-splunk/m-p/219815#M6267 yaasirvatham_sp 2019-11-14T10:22:07Z