I want to change the mongodb database directory. Some says that I need to change the owner of the new directory to the username that is running mongodb
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5798549/why-cant-i-start-the-mongodb
How do I know which user is running the mongodb service?
Well I suppose I just look at all the processes and see who own those processes.
How do I see the running processes.
I run the answer and get this. Looks like the user is mongodb. Not ubuntu, not root, but mongodb
root@ip-10-138-30-205:/media/newdrive# ps aux | grep mongodb
mongodb 17140 0.3 5.2 131484 31832 ? Ssl 11:35 0:00 /usr/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongodb.conf
root 17154 0.0 0.1 8096 936 pts/0 S+ 11:38 0:00 grep --color=auto mongodb
Best Answer
Use
ps aux | grep mongodb. It returns the processes running in the computer whose name contains mongodb. Search for the mongodb process in that list. The first column has the user who runs the process.