[SERVER-15943] mongod service fails to start if log and data directories do not exist or are moved for RHEL6 - MongoDB Jira

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The steps are given for community but enterprise should be same except different repo.
Install community packages for RHEL6 from the instructions at http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-red-hat-centos-or-fedora-linux/
sudo service mongod stop
sudo mv /var/log/mongodb /var/log/mongodb.bak
sudo mv /var/lib/mongodb /var/lib/mongodb.bak
sudo service mongod start
mongod fails to start.

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Steps To Reproduce: The steps are given for community but enterprise should be same except different repo. Install community packages for RHEL6 from the instructions at http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-red-hat-centos-or-fedora-linux/ sudo service mongod stop sudo mv /var/log/mongodb /var/log/mongodb.bak sudo mv /var/lib/mongodb /var/lib/mongodb.bak sudo service mongod start mongod fails to start.

The use case is mentioned in ~~SERVER-9985~~, where mongod service fails to start if log and data directories do not exist or are removed for RHEL6.

The issue is for upstart init script for RHEL6.

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SERVER-15941 mongod service fails to start if log and data directories do not exist or are moved for RHEL7

SERVER-9985 wrong user and group on dirs created by upstart script

Participants:: Backlog - Server Development Platform Team (SDP), Jalpa Trivedi