https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/My-splunk-instance-no-longer-starts-The-value-of-env-var-SPLUNK/m-p/150454#M1732 <P>As well check if the user exists and read this docs <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.0/installation/RunSplunkasadifferentornon-rootuser">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.0/installation/RunSplunkasadifferentornon-rootuser</A></P> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 07:18:43 GMT MuS 2014-12-13T07:18:43Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/My-splunk-instance-no-longer-starts-The-value-of-env-var-SPLUNK/m-p/150452#M1730 <P>Hi Everyone,</P> <P>I can no longer start my splunk instance with the command #sudo ./splunk start. I get the following error.</P> <P>The value of env var SPLUNK_OS_USER, "splunker", does not match any user on this system; exiting.: Success</P> <P>I was prompted to restart my splunk service after I removed/ disabled receiving from another Splunk Forwarder. I also tried to upgrade from 6.1 to 6.2 and still get the same error. </P> <P>Any help?</P> <P>Thank you<BR /> -Bon</P> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 18:22:24 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/My-splunk-instance-no-longer-starts-The-value-of-env-var-SPLUNK/m-p/150452#M1730 bcapuyan 2020-09-28T18:22:24Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/My-splunk-instance-no-longer-starts-The-value-of-env-var-SPLUNK/m-p/150453#M1731 <P>Hi bcapuyan,</P> <P>Check the docs <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.0/Admin/Splunk-launchconf">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.0/Admin/Splunk-launchconf</A> and then your <CODE>splunk-launch.conf</CODE></P> <P>Cheers, MuS</P> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 07:12:23 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/My-splunk-instance-no-longer-starts-The-value-of-env-var-SPLUNK/m-p/150453#M1731 MuS 2014-12-13T07:12:23Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/My-splunk-instance-no-longer-starts-The-value-of-env-var-SPLUNK/m-p/150454#M1732 <P>As well check if the user exists and read this docs <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.0/installation/RunSplunkasadifferentornon-rootuser">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.0/installation/RunSplunkasadifferentornon-rootuser</A></P> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 07:18:43 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/My-splunk-instance-no-longer-starts-The-value-of-env-var-SPLUNK/m-p/150454#M1732 MuS 2014-12-13T07:18:43Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/My-splunk-instance-no-longer-starts-The-value-of-env-var-SPLUNK/m-p/150455#M1733 <P>Thanks I just commented out the SPLUNK_OS_USER=splunker line and it started like a charm</P> <H1>SPLUNK_OS_User=splunker</H1> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 18:22:29 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/My-splunk-instance-no-longer-starts-The-value-of-env-var-SPLUNK/m-p/150455#M1733 bcapuyan 2020-09-28T18:22:29Z