MarkLogic is installed as root but the software runs as the less privileged daemon user by default. You can configure that to be any other user in the system, with the understanding that the directories holding the journal files and forests have to be owned by the same users.
It’s not uncommon for software to be installed as root. For example, pretty much everything that goes into /usr/bin is owned as root so that you have to essentially root the machine to change that software. At runtime, however, a non-privileged user can run the software. Paul Hoehne Senior Consultant MarkLogic Corporation [email protected] mobile: +1 571 830 4735 www.marklogic.com Click http://po.st/hMGDFm to get your free NoSQL For Dummies e-book! From: <Larsen>, Bob <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: MarkLogic Developer Discussion <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Monday, April 13, 2015 at 11:17 AM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: "Larsen, Bob" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [MarkLogic Dev General] MarkLogic Linux Install - Preinstall Question Hello, We are installing MarkLogic in a Redhat Linux environment. The documentation states that we should install the MarkLogic rpm as ‘root’. This restricts our ability to edit any MarkLogic files (such as admin) in the future. Can a marklogic Linux user/group be created and used in place of ‘root’ ? Thanks, Bob Larsen
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