<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Hi everybody,<br><br>I&#39;ve installed rabbitMQ using mac ports  in Mac Os X snow leopard, and when<br>i try to start the server i&#39;m getting the following error:<br>

<br>{error_logger,{{2010,7,6},{18,47,58}},&quot;Error when reading<br>/Users/pacman/.erlang.cookie: eacces&quot;,[]}<br>{error_logger,{{2010,7,6},{18,47,58}},crash_report,[[{initial_call,{auth,init,[&#39;Argument__1&#39;]}},{pid,&lt;0.19.0&gt;},{registered_name,[]},{error_info,{exit,{&quot;Error<br>

when reading /Users/pacman/.erlang.cookie:<br>eacces&quot;,[{auth,init_cookie,0},{auth,init,1},{gen_server,init_it,6},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]},[{gen_server,init_it,6},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]}},{ancestors,[net_sup,kernel_sup,&lt;0.10.0&gt;]},{messages,[]},{links,[&lt;0.17.0&gt;]},{dictionary,[]},{trap_exit,true},{status,running},{heap_size,987},{stack_size,24},{reductions,585}],[]]}<br>

{error_logger,{{2010,7,6},{18,47,58}},supervisor_report,[{supervisor,{local,net_sup}},{errorContext,start_error},{reason,{&quot;Error<br>when reading /Users/pacman/.erlang.cookie:<br>eacces&quot;,[{auth,init_cookie,0},{auth,init,1},{gen_server,init_it,6},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]}},{offender,[{pid,undefined},{name,auth},{mfargs,{auth,start_link,[]}},{restart_type,permanent},{shutdown,2000},{child_type,worker}]}]}<br>

{error_logger,{{2010,7,6},{18,47,58}},supervisor_report,[{supervisor,{local,kernel_sup}},{errorContext,start_error},{reason,shutdown},{offender,[{pid,undefined},{name,net_sup},{mfargs,{erl_distribution,start_link,[]}},{restart_type,permanent},{shutdown,infinity},{child_type,supervisor}]}]}<br>

{error_logger,{{2010,7,6},{18,47,58}},std_info,[{application,kernel},{exited,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}},{type,permanent}]}<br>{&quot;Kernel pid<br>terminated&quot;,application_controller,&quot;{application_start_failure,kernel,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}}&quot;}<br>

<br>Crash dump was written to: erl_crash.dump<br>Kernel pid terminated (application_controller)<br>({application_start_failure,kernel,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}})<br><br>Thank you so much,<br></span><br>Francisco González-Blanch Rodríguez<br>