RE: user solr created by install not working with default password

2019-12-11 Thread Nguyen, Khuong (Dominic) (CSRA)
linux user solr does not have a password stored as it's a service account so "su solr" would not work. -Original Message- From: Jörn Franke Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 4:46 PM To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: user solr created by install not working wi

Re: user solr created by install not working with default password

2019-12-11 Thread Jörn Franke
Even for in-house without no outside access you should have authentication and https. There can be a tiny misconfiguration somewhere else not controlled by you and you face suddenly a big open leak. Never do this - not even for development environments (here another important aspect is if there

Re: user solr created by install not working with default password

2019-12-11 Thread rhys J
> That page talks about setting up authentication for HTTP access to the > Solr API. It has nothing at all to do with the OS user created by the > service install script. > > When the service install creates the OS user for the service, it is > created in such a way that its password is disabled.

Re: user solr created by install not working with default password

2019-12-11 Thread Shawn Heisey
On 12/11/2019 9:17 AM, rhys J wrote: When I try to su solr, using the password mentioned here: https://lucidworks.com/post/securing-solr-basic-auth-permission-rules/, i get an authentication failure. That page talks about setting up authentication for HTTP access to the Solr API. It has nothi

user solr created by install not working with default password

2019-12-11 Thread rhys J
I installed Solr following the directions on this site: https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/6_6/installing-solr.html I am running standalone Solr with no authentication added because it is all in-house with no access to outside requests. When I try to su solr, using the password mentioned here: