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

Philipp Kempgen philipp.kempgen at amooma.de
Wed Jul 22 12:24:47 CDT 2009


Jeff LaCoursiere schrieb:
>> 2009/7/22 Steve Edwards <asterisk.org at sedwards.com>
>>
>>> I finally found a reason TO run Asterisk as root.
>>>
>>> By default, ext[23] file systems "reserve" 5% of the filesystem for root.

> 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.

That could just as well be a reason NOT to run Asterisk as root. :-)


    Philipp Kempgen
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