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Monitor input error

franciscof
Explorer

Hi guys, I´ve been trying to add data on my HF and when I get to submit my input I receive this error:

franciscof_0-1602706509516.png

I do not know what "could not find writer for: /nobody/..." means...

Could you please help me figure it out?

Thanks in advance.

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rnowitzki
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I don't have a good idea right now. 😕

The splunk user can read the file being monitored, right?

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rnowitzki
Builder

Hi @franciscof ,

You should find details in the splunkd.log
Try searching for esxifw.log, or maybe "nobody" around the time you tried to create the monitor.

Hope it helps.
BR
Ralph

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franciscof
Explorer

Hi, this is what I see when I check on the logs from the splunkd.log

uas nsx error.PNG

Still think this is a little unclear. What do you think?

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rnowitzki
Builder

I don't have a good idea right now. 😕

The splunk user can read the file being monitored, right?

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franciscof
Explorer

That was the issue, root had permissions on the directory, thanks for you help

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