https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Why-is-Splunk-Service-not-starting-with-authDb-error/m-p/344575#M162448 <P>Hi - any idea why my Splunk service is failing with this error?</P> <P>What is 'authDb'?</P> <P>~]# service splunk start<BR /> Starting Splunk...</P> <P>Splunk&gt; CSI: Logfiles.</P> <P>Checking prerequisites...<BR /> Checking http port [8000]: open<BR /> Checking mgmt port [8089]: open<BR /> Checking appserver port [127.0.0.1:8065]: open<BR /> Checking kvstore port [8191]: open<BR /> Checking configuration... Done.<BR /> Creating: /mnt/splunk_hot//authDb<BR /> Warning: cannot create "/mnt/splunk_hot//authDb"</P> Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:24:07 GMT NicholasLeader 2020-09-29T18:24:07Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Why-is-Splunk-Service-not-starting-with-authDb-error/m-p/344575#M162448 <P>Hi - any idea why my Splunk service is failing with this error?</P> <P>What is 'authDb'?</P> <P>~]# service splunk start<BR /> Starting Splunk...</P> <P>Splunk&gt; CSI: Logfiles.</P> <P>Checking prerequisites...<BR /> Checking http port [8000]: open<BR /> Checking mgmt port [8089]: open<BR /> Checking appserver port [127.0.0.1:8065]: open<BR /> Checking kvstore port [8191]: open<BR /> Checking configuration... Done.<BR /> Creating: /mnt/splunk_hot//authDb<BR /> Warning: cannot create "/mnt/splunk_hot//authDb"</P> Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:24:07 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Why-is-Splunk-Service-not-starting-with-authDb-error/m-p/344575#M162448 NicholasLeader 2020-09-29T18:24:07Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Why-is-Splunk-Service-not-starting-with-authDb-error/m-p/344576#M162449 <P>It would seem Splunk does not have permissions to write. Confirm the user Splunk runs as has ownership of the installation and that there are no storage issues.</P> <P>chown -R splunk:splunk /mnt/*</P> Fri, 09 Mar 2018 21:17:53 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Why-is-Splunk-Service-not-starting-with-authDb-error/m-p/344576#M162449 davpx 2018-03-09T21:17:53Z