Hello Jörg, I tried the hotfix you suggested and it works.
At the same time I tried a fresh install in a virtualbox and mongodb- server works out of the box. It seems I'm the only one to have this problem so it might come from something specific in my installation. Thanks for your help, Nicolas -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1267791 Title: Mongodb server don't start because of bad log folder owner To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mongodb/+bug/1267791/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs