Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Aug 2007 12:52:23 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: allow non root users to set io priority "idle" ? |
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On Wed, Aug 08 2007, Sheplyakov Alexei wrote: > So I think current behaviour of ionice is inconsistent (and pointless).
It is not, as has been explained more than once in this thread, we cannot allow ordinary users to eg /etc/passwd infinitely. See?
It'd be nice if we could solve this of course, until then true idle io must be a cautious root-only thing. So it may be inconsistent and a bit confusing, but it's definitely not pointless.
-- Jens Axboe
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