Ok one last question just so I’m clear > It should be 2) solr:solr
As my install is running as a service, everything under /opt/solr should be solr:sold? Currently root:root but seems to be working correctly. My /var/solr is already solr:solr. K > On Jul 14, 2017, at 2:19 PM, Susheel Kumar <susheel2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It should be 2) solr:solr > > On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Susheel Kumar <susheel2...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> If you setup solr using install_service which comes with solr, it sets up >> solr running as "solr" user. Solr is not recommended to run as root user >> due to security concerns. You either launch solr as >> service solr start or /etc/init.d/solr start >> >> Answer to >> 1) Yes, you can configure solr service to start at boot using linux >> commands >> 2) The data/index directory should be owned/writable for Solr user in >> order for solr process to be able to write etc. >> >> HTH. >> >> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Iridian Group <ksav...@iridiangroup.com> >> wrote: >> >>> OK thanks, got it. >>> So the user the server runs under is ‘Solr’. >>> However when I stop the server and switch to the Solr user and try to >>> start, I get an error stating that I can’t write to the log files due to >>> permissions. >>> All of this Solr installs permissions are root:root. >>> >>> 1) If I can’t manually start the server as user Solr, shouldn’t the >>> service also not start on boot? >>> 2) Are the permissions of the Solr instance supposed to be something >>> other than root:root? >>> >>> Apologies for all the 101 questions. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Keith >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 14, 2017, at 1:14 PM, Susheel Kumar <susheel2...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> The first column is the UID/user column as output of ps -ef on linux >>>> machines... >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Iridian Group < >>> ksav...@iridiangroup.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> How do I determine which user the Solr server starts up with and is >>>>> running under? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Keith Savoie >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>