How to solve "mongod.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=14/n/a"

Solution for `Failed to unlink socket file /tmp/mongodb-27017.sock Operation not permitted` error n MongoDB and Linux.

Some of us have encountered a problem problem right after installing MongoDB, turns out we can't connect. I personally get this: root@ghost:~# mongo MongoDB shell version v4.2.8 connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/?compressors=disabled&gssapiServiceName=mongodb 2020-10-30T12:10:51.955+0100

For me, this did the trick: chown -R mongodb:mongodb /data Source: - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45691032/mongod-service-start-exits-with-code-100