title: MongoDB Operation Not Permitted
body: <p>MongoDB was working perfectly until one day it generated a lock file and stopped starting with the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>16-12-28T17:50:14.559+0100 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] build environment:
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.559+0100 I CONTROL  [initandlisten]     distmod: debian71
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.559+0100 I CONTROL  [initandlisten]     distarch: x86_64
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.559+0100 I CONTROL  [initandlisten]     target_arch: x86_64
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.559+0100 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] options: {}
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.577+0100 I -        [initandlisten] Detected data files in /data/db created by the 'wiredTiger' storage engine, so setting the active storage engine to 'wiredTiger'.
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.577+0100 I STORAGE  [initandlisten]
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.577+0100 I STORAGE  [initandlisten] ** WARNING: Using the XFS filesystem is strongly recommended with the WiredTiger storage engine
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.577+0100 I STORAGE  [initandlisten] **          See http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/prodnotes-filesystem
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.577+0100 I STORAGE  [initandlisten] wiredtiger_open config: create,cache_size=1024M,session_max=20000,eviction=(threads_max=4),config_base=false,statistics=(fast),log=(enabled=true,archive=true,path=journal,compressor=snappy),file_manager=(close_idle_time=100000),checkpoint=(wait=60,log_size=2GB),statistics_log=(wait=0),
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.590+0100 E STORAGE  [initandlisten] WiredTiger error (1) [1482943814:590694][32048:0x7f27c7cdcc80], file:WiredTiger.wt, connection: /data/db/WiredTiger.wt: handle-open: open: Operation not permitted
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.591+0100 I -        [initandlisten] Assertion: 28595:1: Operation not permitted src/mongo/db/storage/wiredtiger/wiredtiger_kv_engine.cpp 267
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.591+0100 I STORAGE  [initandlisten] exception in initAndListen: 28595 1: Operation not permitted, terminating
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.591+0100 I NETWORK  [initandlisten] shutdown: going to close listening sockets...
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.591+0100 I NETWORK  [initandlisten] removing socket file: /tmp/mongodb-27017.sock
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.591+0100 I NETWORK  [initandlisten] shutdown: going to flush diaglog...
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.591+0100 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] now exiting
  2016-12-28T17:50:14.591+0100 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] shutting down with code:100
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have removed all packages and reinstalled all of the mongodb services with no luck.</p>