asterisk users - Aug 2008 - Running asterisk as non root user

Hi, 

I've followed instructions of the book "AsteriskFutureOf
TelephonySecEdit" on page 295 onwards ) Link to the Asterisk book:
http://downloads.oreilly.com/books/9780596510480.pdf) and get an error when
running service asterisk start. The error is: cat: /var/run/asterisk.pid: No
such file or directory . I can run aserisk fine from the non-root user. Please
help

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 [root at messaging run]# /etc/init.d/asterisk restartShutting down asterisk:   
[FAILED]Starting asterisk:                                         [  OK  ][root
at messaging run]# Asterisk ended with exit status 1Asterisk died with code
1.cat: /var/run/asterisk.pid: No such file or directoryAutomatically restarting
Asterisk.mpg123: no process killedAsterisk ended with exit status 1Asterisk died
with code 1.cat: /var/run/asterisk.pid: No such file or directoryAutomatically
restarting Asterisk.

The suggestion to  do the following didn't work...:

Edit the  [directories]  section of asterisk.conf  and change

the line that reads  astrundir => /var/run
TO:
astrundir => /var/run/asterisk

Then:
mkdir /var/run/asterisk
chown theuser /var/run/asterisk

Edit /etc/init.d/asterisk
And make sure there are no references to /var/run/asterisk.pid
you want /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid   instead



Any help most welcome
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Shaun Wingrin wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I've followed instructions of the book "AsteriskFutureOf 
> TelephonySecEdit" on page 295 onwards ) Link to the Asterisk book: 
> http://downloads.oreilly.com/books/9780596510480.pdf) and 
> <http://downloads.oreilly.com/books/9780596510480.pdf) and> get an
error
> when running service asterisk start. The error is: cat: 
> /var/run/asterisk.pid: No such file or directory . <snip />
That sounds like it's probably a permissions thing.

I wrote up a "howto" Asterisk as non-root on my blog here:

http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2007/10/30/untangle-asterisk-pbx-and-file-server-all-in-one-part-7/


Make sure you check the init script and the permissions of the various 
directories that asterisk needs read/write too.

HTH

Alan

-- 
The way out is open!
http://www.theopensourcerer.com

Check this one out... http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+non-root

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Subject: [asterisk-users] Running asterisk as non root user

Hi, 
?
I've followed instructions of the book "AsteriskFutureOf
TelephonySecEdit" on page 295 onwards ) Link to the Asterisk book:
http://downloads.oreilly.com/books/9780596510480.pdf) and get an error when
running service asterisk start. The error is: cat: /var/run/asterisk.pid: No
such file or directory . I can run aserisk fine from the non-root user. Please
help
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[root at messaging run]# /etc/init.d/asterisk restart
Shutting down asterisk: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?[FAILED]
Starting asterisk: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [ ?OK ?]
[root at messaging run]# Asterisk ended with exit status 1
Asterisk died with code 1.
cat: /var/run/asterisk.pid: No such file or directory
Automatically restarting Asterisk.
mpg123: no process killed
Asterisk ended with exit status 1
Asterisk died with code 1.
cat: /var/run/asterisk.pid: No such file or directory
Automatically restarting Asterisk.
The suggestion to? do the following didn't work...:
?
Edit the ?[directories] ?section of asterisk.conf ?and change

the line that reads ?astrundir => /var/run
TO:
astrundir => /var/run/asterisk

Then:
mkdir /var/run/asterisk
chown theuser /var/run/asterisk

Edit /etc/init.d/asterisk
And make sure there are no references to /var/run/asterisk.pid
you want /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid ? instead
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Any help most welcome