Why would you need to start Solr as root? You should definitely not do this, there's no reason for that.
And even if you *really* want this: What's so bad about the -force option? -Michael Am 06.09.2017 um 07:26 schrieb Kasim Jinwala: > Dear team, > I am using solr 5.0 last 1 year, now we are planning to upgrade > solr 6.6. > While trying to start solr using root user, we need to pass -force > parameter to start solr forcefully, > please help to start solr using root user without -force command. > > Regards > Kasim J. >