<div dir="ltr">Hi All,<br><br><br>I am getting the below error when I am trying to apply rabbitmqctl start_app&nbsp; command.<br><br><br><br><br>{error_logger,{{2013,11,4},{11,26,8}},"Cookie file /ngs/app/curot/.erlang.cookie must be accessible by owner only",[]}<br>{error_logger,{{2013,11,4},{11,26,8}},crash_report,[[{initial_call,{auth,init,['Argument__1']}},{pid,&lt;0.18.0&gt;},{registered_name,[]},{error_info,{exit,{"Cookie file /ngs/app/curot/.erlang.cookie must be accessible by owner only",[{auth,init_cookie,0,[{file,"auth.erl"},{line,285}]},{auth,init,1,[{file,"auth.erl"},{line,139}]},{gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,297}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,227}]}]},[{gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,321}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,227}]}]}},{ancestors,[net_sup,kernel_sup,&lt;0.9.0&gt;]},{messages,[]},{links,[&lt;0.16.0&gt;]},{dictionary,[]},{trap_exit,true},{status,running},{heap_size,610},{stack_size,24},{reductions,401}],[]]}<br>{error_logger,{{2013,11,4},{11,26,8}},supervisor_report,[{supervisor,{local,net_sup}},{errorContext,start_error},{reason,{"Cookie file /ngs/app/curot/.erlang.cookie must be accessible by owner only",[{auth,init_cookie,0,[{file,"auth.erl"},{line,285}]},{auth,init,1,[{file,"auth.erl"},{line,139}]},{gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,297}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,227}]}]}},{offender,[{pid,undefined},{name,auth},{mfargs,{auth,start_link,[]}},{restart_type,permanent},{shutdown,2000},{child_type,worker}]}]}<br>{error_logger,{{2013,11,4},{11,26,8}},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,{{2013,11,4},{11,26,8}},std_info,[{application,kernel},{exited,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}},{type,permanent}]}<br>{"Kernel pid terminated",application_controller,"{application_start_failure,kernel,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}}"}<br><br>Crash dump was written to: erl_crash.dump<br>Kernel pid terminated (application_controller) ({application_start_failure,kernel,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}})<br><br><br>In my machine Erlang is running.<br><br>Please help me. <br>Awaiting for the response.<br><br><br><br>Thanks in Advance.<br>Manoj<br><br><br></div>