#49290: mongodb does not start after upgrade to El Capitan -----------------------+-------------------------- Reporter: coviex@… | Owner: ryandesign@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4 Resolution: | Keywords: elcapitan Port: mongodb | -----------------------+-------------------------- Comment (by ryandesign@…): Looking into this a little further, it looks like /data/db is the default directory where mongod looks for databases, if not told otherwise. You just ran "mongod" without any arguments, so it used the default database directory /data/db. In MacPorts, you're not intended to run "mongod" manually. Instead, you're intended to use "sudo port load mongod" which will launch mongod with a number of arguments, one of which specifies that databases should go in /opt/local/var/db/mongodb. The port has already created this directory for you with the correct ownership. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/49290#comment:5> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X