[Asterisk-Dev] edit zaptel.conf as non-root

[Matthew Boehm]

Why not just run asterisk as a non-root user? Then you don't have to worry
about letting some script run as root. We run asterisk as non-root and have
had no problems whatsoever.

-Matthew

> From: Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com>
> Organization: Xorcom*
> Reply-To: Asterisk Developers Mailing List <asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com>
> Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 21:28:26 +0300
> To: Asterisk Developers list <asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com>
> Subject: [Asterisk-Dev] edit zaptel.conf as non-root
> 
> Hi
> 
> If I were to allow a non-root user that already has write-access to
> Asterisk's config to edit zaptel.conf, would that allow that user to
> gain extra priviliges?
> 
> I have a feeling it can, but can't point to anything specific.
> 
> The reason for asking this is to allow an Asterisk config interface to
> do such an action without giving it root.
> 
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