Permission denied when starting splunk

[CletisNPT]

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> 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"

How do I resolve this?

[yaasirvatham_sp]

killall splunk && killall mongod
chown -R splunk:splunk /opt/splunk
cd /opt/splunk/bin
./splunk status ( If any Splunk process ID found )
kill -9 processid
sudo su - splunk
/opt/splunk/bin/splunk start

[yaasirvatham_sp]

Ii seems permission issue. Please check your Splunk process and which is running on which user.

Login to root

killall splunk && killall mongod
chown -R splunk:splunk /opt/splunk
cd /opt/splunk/bin
./splunk status ( If any Splunk process ID found )
kill -9 processid
sudo su - splunk
/opt/splunk/bin/splunk start

[CletisNPT · Accepted solution]

disregard. "chown -R : /opt/splunk" fixed my issue.

[skoelpin]

Good catch, it's almost always a permission issue

Only question is, you didn't specify a a user or group when changing the ownership?

[CletisNPT]

no i did. "chown -R adminUser:adminGroup /opt/splunk"