MongoDB not using /etc/mongodb.conf after I changed dbpath

Question

Ever since I changed the dbpath in /etc/mongodb.conf, MongoDB has not been starting automatically, nor using the new dbpath. Prior to

Answer 1

After checking all permission in the data, journal and log folders as suggested, my problem was solved by giving permission to a lock file in the /tmp folder

sudo chown mongod:mongod mongodb-27017.sock 

I was running it as a AWS Amazon Linux instance. I figured that out by executing as the mongod user as below, and then, researching the error code. It might be useful for other troubleshooting.

sudo -S -u mongod mongod -f /etc/mongod.conf