On Wed, 22 Jul 2009, Olivier wrote: > 2009/7/22 Steve Edwards <[email protected]> > >> I finally found a reason TO run Asterisk as root. >> >> By default, ext[23] file systems "reserve" 5% of the filesystem for root. > > Do you imply this default can (and should) be changed ? > Is it the same for other filesystems ? >
No - I think you are all getting his intention wrong. He is saying that it is a GOOD thing, and that you get a warning before the disk fills and processes start crashing. If you run asterisk as 'asterisk', then this holdover percentage (I actually thought the default was 10%) is not accessible by the asterisk process, and once the filesystem hits 100% the process might crash. So to rephrase it: One GOOD reason to run asterisk as root is that you get to take advantage of the default filesystem overflow space reserved for root. j >> >> >> Thus, you may get some warning when everything non-root starts failing >> and give you a chance to free up some space before Asterisk is affected. >> >> -- >> Thanks in advance, >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Steve Edwards [email protected] Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST >> Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
