asterisk users - Feb 2004 - running asterisk as non-root

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Hello everyone

Due to security reasons I want to run asterisk as a non root. I normaly
installed asterisk, created an * user, moved the binaries to /usr/bin
and chowned all the files and directories mentiont in the * manual
(handbook-draft.pdf)

Now I can start * but I get the following warning (which I don't get if
I run it as a root):

Feb 14 19:10:53 WARNING[213006]: pbx_wilcalu.c:69 autodial: Autodial:
Unable to open file
~  == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/enum.conf': Found

I don't know if * really works - I have't tired jet - can anybody tell
me which file * want's to access? ( I looked in the source but I'm not
that familiar with the code)

Thank's in advance

	Birk Bremer

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> Due to security reasons I want to run asterisk as a non root.
http://voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+non-root

This HOWTO works for great for me :)

F

I saw where one should not run Asterisk as root:

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+non-root

How important is this?

Thanks,  just curious whether it's worth the trouble.

H

If you run Asterisk as non root, you may have problems installing G729 licenses.
The digium registration utility has certain hard coded stuff, and doesn't
behave well when things aren't installed in the standard location.

Doug.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luki [mailto:lugosoft@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 4:53 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Running Asterisk as non-root
> 
> 
> > I saw where one should not run Asterisk as root:
> > How important is this?
> 
> It's probably not very important at the moment, however, it's not
that
> hard to do either. I run Asterisk non-root and in a chrooted
> environment -- it keeps all necessary files nicely separated (easily
> portable, easy to switch versions), doesn't clog up common
> directories. Just make a new directory like /usr/local/asterisk and
> use that as the root for the chrooted environment. Chown all /var and
> /etc/asterisk files in there to the asterisk user and you're good to
> go. The tough part is to get all the shared libraries copies over --
> ldd is your friend.
> 
> --Luki
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