asterisk users - Jul 2005 - Repost: how to configure asterisk user and group rights

I'd like to these three things about asterisk:

1. How the asterisk program can be configured to run as a different user from
root.

2. what directories and files it must have read and right access to

3. Setup an asterisk group, which also has some of the rights the asterisk user
has rights to, and what else it can be used for.


Are these some info sources which go into these areas in depth?


Obelix



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On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 06:55:42AM +0000, 8 hours after posting exactly
the same message, Obelix wrote:
> 
> 
> I'd like to these three things about asterisk:
> 
> 1. How the asterisk program can be configured to run as a different user
from
> root.
man asterisk. There is a switch -U
> 
> 2. what directories and files it must have read and right access to
Hmmm Try running it as a different user. When you get "permissions
denied" it probably means you forgot something.
> 
> 3. Setup an asterisk group, which also has some of the rights the asterisk
user
> has rights to, and what else it can be used for.
Did you bother searching the wiki?

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

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