Guys , is this post relevant to the eval version of Enterprise 6.2.2 Build 255606 ? I am running on redhat 6.5 ([root@splunk01 ~]# uname -a - RESULT IS- Linux splunk01 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Nov 10 22:19:54 EST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux.)
Install file is splunk-6.2.3-264376-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm
I installed the enterprise version of splunk as root, but ran into problems with the configuration of the splunk add on for unix looping and never saying successful. A post here on the forum suggested that this was a permissions issue and i needed to install as a non-root user so that is what i did.
I have fixed the splunk script as stated above and I still get a mass of permissions problems that i frankly am baffled by. This occurs if installing as root, splunker (a user i created) and splunkcreated by the rpm install
[splunk@splunk01 ~]$ /bin/su - splunk -c "\"/opt/splunk/bin/splunk\" start --no-prompt --answer-yes"
Password:
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/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/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/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/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/splunkweb.pid" unreadable.: 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/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/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/system/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied
Cannot initialize: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/learned/metadata/local.meta: Permission denied
open
ERROR - Failed opening "/opt/splunk/var/log/splunk/splunkd-utility.log": Permission denied
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/run/splunk/appserver/i18n
Warning: cannot create "/opt/splunk/var/run/splunk/appserver/i18n"
[splunk@splunk01 ~]$
Regards Kevin
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