On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 20:43, Serge Dubrouski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here is some additional info from the log file:
>
> heartbeat[5555]: 2008/06/18_14:38:16 info: respawn directive: root
> /usr/lib/heartbeat/lrmd -r
> heartbeat[5556]: 2008/06/18_14:38:18 info: Starting child client
> "/usr/lib/heartbeat/lrmd -r" (0,0)
> heartbeat[5569]: 2008/06/18_14:38:18 info: Starting
> "/usr/lib/heartbeat/lrmd -r" as uid 0  gid 0 (pid 5569)
>
> Why would it start a child process as root?

particularly for the lrmd - it must be run as root in order to be able
to run the RAs.
mounting filesystems, adding ip addresses... all these things require
root privs.

presumably there is a reason for stonithd to be root as well.
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