[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0017436]: [branch] non-root install for Asterisk

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https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=17436 
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Reported By:                pabelanger
Assigned To:                lmadsen
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   17436
Category:                   Core/BuildSystem
Reproducibility:            have not tried
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
Asterisk Version:           SVN 
JIRA:                        
Regression:                 No 
Reviewboard Link:           https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/654/ 
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases):  trunk 
SVN Revision (number only!):  
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2010-06-01 09:05 CDT
Last Modified:              2010-06-15 13:03 CDT
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Summary:                    [branch] non-root install for Asterisk
Description: 
There have been many request over the years for Asterisk to be install as a
non-root user. The follow patch set enables this.

By default, Asterisk will now attempt to install using the 'Asterisk' user
id / group id.  This means, the user and group MUST already exist, Asterisk
will not create them (This may change at a future date).

Below are 3 flags to change theses settings.
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3 new configure options:
  --with-user=uid
  --with-group=gid
  --disable-non-root
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 (0123437) pabelanger (manager) - 2010-06-15 13:03
 https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=17436#c123437 
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So I don't forget.
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<Corydon76-dig> pabelanger: what does "non-root install" mean to you?
<pabelanger> Corydon76-dig: non-privileged user would be term.... for both
running Asterisk and Testsuite.
<Corydon76-dig> pabelanger: so you're not running any of the flags or
features that need privileged capabilities?
<Corydon76-dig> i.e. -p or setting TOS bits
<pabelanger> Corydon76-dig: at the moment, no.  However handling that
would need to be considered
<Corydon76-dig> Not that we currently test either of those, but if we ever
did, then we could not use this for those tests
<pabelanger> Corydon76-dig: In fact, it would be a good idea for me to
figure out any / all settings in Asterisk that would require privileged
capabilities.
<Corydon76-dig> pabelanger: I believe those are it, for the moment 

Issue History 
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2010-06-15 13:03 pabelanger     Note Added: 0123437                          
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