Mongodb only works properly as root

[Ben Wingerter]

Hello. For some reason, mongod will only work properly when I run it as root.  When I run the command 'mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf' it tells me 'all output going to: /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log'.  But then when I go to run 'mongo', it will say 'MongoDB shell version: 2.4.9

connecting to: test

Sun Jun 22 13:43:09.939 Error: couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017 at src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:145

exception: connect failed'

If I run the first command as root, then the 'mongo' command works perfect and I cannot to the shell.  Does anyone know what might be wrong?

[Ben Wingerter]

Sorry typo I meant to say on the last time: "If I run the first command as root, then the 'mongo' command works perfect and I can to the shell.  Does anyone know what might be wrong?"

[Tyler Brock]

The ownership of the data directory is probably such that only root has the necessary permissions. If you are using linux use "chown" to change the ownership or modify the permissions accordingly.

On Jun 22, 2014, at 3:00 PM, Ben Wingerter <benwing...@gmail.com> wrote:

Sorry typo I meant to say on the last time: "If I run the first command as root, then the 'mongo' command works perfect and I can to the shell.  Does anyone know what might be wrong?"

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[Ben Wingerter]

I just noticed that when I run mongod without root, the process seems to stop immediately by itself.

but when i run it as root the process doesn't stop...

it seems that something is killing the mongod process, but i'm not sure what it is.  Thanks for your help

[Tyler Brock]

Can you paste the output of /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log?

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