Looks like you are all good. The opt/solr is okay to be root:root. The directory where solr keeps data/index is what needs to be solr:solr and run as solr user.
On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 3:58 PM, Iridian Group <ksav...@iridiangroup.com> wrote: > 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 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >
