https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/SPLUNK-BOOT/m-p/488388#M193960 <P>The value of env var SPLUNK_OS_USER, "splunk", does not match any user on this system;<BR /> Error: Success</P> <P>This command can only be run by bootstart user.</P> <P>WHAT I NEED TO RESOLVE IT?</P> Wed, 30 Sep 2020 03:03:14 GMT dani9 2020-09-30T03:03:14Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/SPLUNK-BOOT/m-p/488388#M193960 <P>The value of env var SPLUNK_OS_USER, "splunk", does not match any user on this system;<BR /> Error: Success</P> <P>This command can only be run by bootstart user.</P> <P>WHAT I NEED TO RESOLVE IT?</P> Wed, 30 Sep 2020 03:03:14 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/SPLUNK-BOOT/m-p/488388#M193960 dani9 2020-09-30T03:03:14Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/SPLUNK-BOOT/m-p/488389#M193961 <P>When splunk is installed, a user should be created to run splunkd service. By default installation the user is "splunk", so in order to fix the issue, please create a user "splunk" in your environment. <BR /> On linux run:<BR /> useradd splunk<BR /> groupadd splunk</P> <P>chown -R splunk:splunk $SPLUNK_HOME</P> <P>Check this document for further information -&gt; <A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.0/Installation/RunSplunkasadifferentornon-rootuser">https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.0/Installation/RunSplunkasadifferentornon-rootuser</A></P> Fri, 22 Nov 2019 04:19:55 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/SPLUNK-BOOT/m-p/488389#M193961 ivanreis 2019-11-22T04:19:55Z