MongoDB: ERROR: child process failed, exited with error number 14

Question

I run MongoDB on Mac:

Shave:mongodb_simple Logan$ ./bin/mongod -f conf/mongod.conf
about to fork child process, waiting until server is ready for connections         


        

Answer 1

Check the ownership of the file /tmp/mongodb-27017.sock

It should be mongod. I got same error since it was root:root