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So I am trying to restart mongodb 3.2 and enable authorization, so i edit the /etc/mongod.conf file and added

security:
    authorization:enabled

then i saved the file, and typed in 

sudo service mongod restart

which showed that it restarted correctly, but when I looked at the processes running, mongod is not one of them. And now I cant restart it at all.

Also, there was already a database with information in monogodb before i enabled authorization. Im not sure if that is important to know.

I checked out the solutions in here Stop: Unknown instance mongodb (Ubuntu)

but i dont have a " fork = true" statement anywhere in /etc/mongod.conf

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Okay, so strange enough, I did the following
1) went back to the /etc/mongod.conf file and commented out the authorization configuration.
2) typed in sudo service mongod start and gave me back the the job is already running.
3) checked the the running processes and mongodb was now running properly! I even accessed it through the monoShell
4) then i stopped the service sudo service mongod stop
5) I went back and add the following exact syntax 

security    
   authorization: enabled

6) saved the file and sudo service mongod start

and waaar'yaaa know. its working..... can someone explain ? that would be helpful

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