I assume you're on Linux of some sort.

1. Verify permissions on JENKINS_HOME
2. Verify home directory for your service user is valid and writable (e.g. 
~<user> exists and is owned by <user>)

I typically re-configure the account in /etc/passwd so that ~<user> === 
JENKINS_HOME, which is almost always /var/lib/jenkins or sometimes 
/home/jenkins

What happens if you try to run it manually?  You should be able to get some 
kind of error information in the console output.
# su <user>
# java -jar jenkins.war


What OS are you using, and how did you install Jenkins as a service?  That 
may help us provide places for you to look as well.


On Thursday, December 11, 2014 8:55:57 AM UTC-5, Wt Riker wrote:
>
> I am trying to set up Jenkins to run as a different user. I followed these 
> instructions:
>
> http://blog.manula.org/2013/03/running-jenkins-under-different-user-in.html
>
> That seems pretty simple and Jenkins seems to start fine. However, when I 
> try to access it I get this error:
>
> HTTP ERROR: 503 
>
> Problem accessing /. Reason: 
>
>     Service Unavailable
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *Powered by Jetty://*
> There are no errors in the Jenkins log. Searching for this error seems to 
> indicate a security problem with Jetty but they all include a Java 
> traceback which in my case does not happen. Can someone help me trouble 
> shoot this? TIA.
>

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