How can i verify the files are owned by the right user and start splunk from this user? ... View more

Yes it is first installation on windows virtual box on windows host, also it has never worked. I installed from gui installer and i am truing to start by splunk start or splunk restart on command line and i get the following:   Checking prerequisites...         Checking mgmt port [9089]: open         Checking conf files for problems...         Done         Checking default conf files for edits...         Validating installed files against hashes from 'C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\splunkforwarder-8.2.0-e053ef3c985f-windows-64-manifest'         All installed files intact.         Done All preliminary checks passed. Starting splunk server daemon (splunkd)... SplunkForwarder: Unable to start the service: Access is denied.         ... View more