Thanks, I have not changed the script. This is the one that the install script put in place. I don’t know if it’s relevant, but I found turning SELinix off in my test system seemed to solve the problem but now our production system has it on… (it used to be turned off by default). Thanks!
[Towson University logo]<http://www.towson.edu/> Eric T. Gadsby Pronouns: he/him/his IT Operations Specialist | Library IT, Albert S. Cook Library — P: 410-704-3340 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | www.towson.edu/https://libraries.towson.edu<https://libraries.towson.edu/> — Confidentiality Notice: This message may contain information that is confidential, privileged, proprietary, or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that you are not authorized to read, print, copy or disseminate this message, any part of it, or any attachments. If this message has been sent to you in error, please notify the sender by replying to this transmission, or by calling Library IT, Albert S. Cook Library at 410-704-3340 . From: Gus Heck <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Fresh Solr 9.10.1 not starting a service... [ CAUTION: This email is from outside of TU. Use caution before clicking links or opening attachments. If suspicious, report to [email protected]. ] Mar 18 10:22:01 archivesspace2 solr[907]: /etc/rc.d/init.d/solr: line 75: /usr/bin/su: Permission denied ^^ This would be the problem. The process starting Solr doesn't seem to have the ability to use /usr/bin/su to switch to the solr user (and thus start Solr as that user). It is inadvisable to run Solr as root. https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fapache%2Fsolr%2Fblob%2Freleases%2Fsolr%2F9.10.1%2Fsolr%2Fbin%2Finit.d%2Fsolr&data=05%7C02%7Cegadsby%40towson.edu%7Ca87b2c4306a84c4f79d808de85204d9a%7Ccbf9739249f649dda8a619f710efcc35%7C0%7C0%7C639094572184046591%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C60000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=E2HVclgqwDCNS6B9v9wpDAAawgx699gnakfKDdLLLG4%3D&reserved=0<https://github.com/apache/solr/blob/releases/solr/9.10.1/solr/bin/init.d/solr> On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 2:12 PM Gadsby, Eric T. via users < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks! Perhaps this is valuable: > > "Mar 18 10:22:01 archivesspace2 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Controls Apache > Solr as a Service... > Mar 18 10:22:01 archivesspace2 systemd[1]: TPM2 PCR Barrier (User) was > skipped because of an unmet condition check > (ConditionPathExists=/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/StubPcrKernelImage-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f). > Mar 18 10:22:01 archivesspace2 systemd[1]: Starting Permit User Sessions... > Mar 18 10:22:01 archivesspace2 NetworkManager[835]: <info> > [1773843721.5205] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE > Mar 18 10:22:01 archivesspace2 NetworkManager[835]: <info> > [1773843721.5273] device (eth0): Activation: successful, device activated. > Mar 18 10:22:01 archivesspace2 solr[907]: /etc/rc.d/init.d/solr: line 75: > /usr/bin/su: Permission denied > Mar 18 10:22:01 archivesspace2 mde_netfilter[870]: INFO: main: MDE > Netfilter process started PID: 870 > Mar 18 10:22:01 archivesspace2 systemd[1]: solr.service: Control process > exited, code=exited, status=126/n/a > Mar 18 10:22:01 archivesspace2 systemd[1]: solr.service: Failed with > result 'exit-code'. > Mar 18 10:22:01 archivesspace2 systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Controls > Apache Solr as a Service." > > Thanks! > > > > [image: Towson University logo] <http://www.towson.edu/> > > *Eric T. Gadsby* > > *Pronouns: he/him/his* > > IT Operations Specialist | Library IT, Albert S. Cook Library > > *—* > > P: 410-704-3340 > [email protected] | > www.towson.edu/https://libraries.towson.edu<http://www.towson.edu/https://libraries.towson.edu> > <https://libraries.towson.edu<https://libraries.towson.edu/>> > > *—* > > Confidentiality Notice: This message may contain information that is > confidential, privileged, proprietary, or otherwise legally exempt from > disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that > you are not authorized to read, print, copy or disseminate this message, > any part of it, or any attachments. If this message has been sent to you in > error, please notify the sender by replying to this transmission, or by > calling Library IT, Albert S. Cook Library at 410-704-3340 . > > > *From: *Jan Høydahl <[email protected]> > *Date: *Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:22 PM > *To: *[email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: Fresh Solr 9.10.1 not starting a service... > > [ CAUTION: This email is from outside of TU. Use caution before clicking > links or opening attachments. If suspicious, report to [email protected]. > ] > > We need more logs. Have you checked /var/log/messages for any errors? > > Jan > > > 18. mars 2026 kl. 15:43 skrev Gadsby, Eric T. via users < > [email protected]>: > > > > Good morning, > > > > We are spinning up a new stand-alone sever and just installed 9.10.1 > from the script. Solr does not survive a reboot. Running a sudo service > solr status yields: > > > > "WARNING: A terminally deprecated method in sun.misc.Unsafe has been > called > > WARNING: sun.misc.Unsafe::arrayBaseOffset has been called by > com.lmax.disruptoRingBufferFields > (file:/opt/solr-9.10.1/server/lib/ext/disruptor-3.4.4.jar) > > WARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of class > com.lmax.druptor.RingBufferFields > > WARNING: sun.misc.Unsafe::arrayBaseOffset will be removed in a future > release” > > > > Starting the service manually brings up Solr. Ideas on how to fix > this? We are running Java 25 on RHEL 9. 7. Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.towson.edu/> > > Eric T. Gadsby > > Pronouns: he/him/his > > IT Operations Specialist | Library IT, Albert S. 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