Cannot start Mongo DB community edition 6.0.5

After uninstalling and installing using the instructions on https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/#install-mongodb-community-edition

I get the following error after doing “sudo systemctl start mongod”

mongod.service - MongoDB Database Server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mongod.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2023-03-30 10:52:16 AEDT; 4s ago
       Docs: https://docs.mongodb.org/manual
    Process: 13852 ExecStart=/usr/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
   Main PID: 13852 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
        CPU: 4ms

Mar 30 10:52:16 simplexity2204 systemd[1]: Started MongoDB Database Server.
Mar 30 10:52:16 simplexity2204 systemd[1]: mongod.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Mar 30 10:52:16 simplexity2204 systemd[1]: mongod.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
simplexity@simplexity2204:~/Downloads$ ls /etc/mongod.conf
ls: cannot access '/etc/mongod.conf': No such file or directory

Appears to be permissions issue
What is your os?
What systemV you have selected?
Can you list /etc contents or
sudo ls -lrt /etc/mongod.conf