asterisk users - May 2011 - user asterisk does not exist - using root

Hello List,

I receive these messages when I was installing Asterisk a few minutes ago:

warning: user asterisk does not exist - using root
warning: group asterisk does not exist - using root

Is this user and group (asterisk) supposed to be created by the package 
manager in some point? This is the first time I see these errors.
(I have no experience creating rpm packages).

Regards,

-- 
Jose P. Espinal
http://www.eslackware.com
IRC: [OFTC|FreeNode]
Khratos @ #slackware | #asterisk/-doc/-bugs

Hello Everyone, I am new to Asterisk and telecommunications, and I am 
lucky to have found this mailing list. Is there a simple guild for 
setting-up a simple GSM Asterisk system, or better yet can someone 
please mentor me through the process?

Art