[asterisk-users] A reason TO run Asterisk as root

[Jonathan Moore]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Steve
Edwards<asterisk.org at sedwards.com> wrote:
> I finally found a reason TO run Asterisk as root.
>
> By default, ext[23] file systems "reserve" 5% of the filesystem for root.
>
> 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.

Couldn't you get the same effect using quotas?  Also, using separate
partitions for various parts of the filesystem is a nice addition.  Having
your /var/log somewhere besides the same partition as / helps keep
runaway logs at bay, just as an example.

-jonathan