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josefrichter: guys, getting this error when trying to start mongodb on mac exception in initAndListen: 10296 dbpath (/data/db/) does not exist, terminating
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[9:18pm] josefrichter: any hints please? I'm not good at low level stuff
[9:18pm] mediocretes: well, does the dbpath (/data/db) exist?
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[9:19pm] linsys: yes do this mkdir -p /data/db
[9:19pm] linsys: chown -R mongodb:mongodb /data/db
[9:19pm] linsys: or chown -R mongod:mongod /data/db
[9:19pm] mediocretes: or put it somewhere else, if you're not comfortable with that
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[9:21pm] josefrichter: linsys where should I be to run those commands, please?
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[9:22pm] josefrichter: mediocretes I don't know tbh
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[9:22pm] linsys: as root
[9:22pm] linsys: you can run them from anywhere
[9:22pm] linsys: but make sure you are root
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[9:25pm] mediocretes: this is going to end badly
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[9:26pm] josefrichter: linsys chown fails with "invalid argument" error
[9:27pm] linsys: hmm your on a mac
[9:27pm] linsys: sorry
[9:27pm] linsys: once u make the directory try and start mongo
[9:28pm] linsys: and see if that fixes it, i bet your going to get some permission error
[9:28pm] linsys: damn macs
[9:28pm] josefrichter: linsys exception in initAndListen: 10309 Unable to create/open lock file: /data/db/mongod.lock errno:13 Permission denied Is a mongod instance already running?, terminating
[9:28pm] linsys: do this
[9:28pm] linsys: grep mongo /etc/passwd