On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:47:39PM +0200, Andrew Beekhof wrote: > 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.
The reason is the same as for lrmd. Some stonith agents require root privileges. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-HA mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha > See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
