[Asterisk-Users] Can I runAsterisk remotely from telnet session?

[Adams, Gavin]

> From: mawali at news.icns.com [mailto:mawali at news.icns.com]
> 
> Please explain, what do you mean by "does not work". It looks like a
path
> problem. Instead of using "su" use "su -".
> 
> "su" does not initialize the environment for the user you are "su"ing
as,
> but "su -" will. /sbin and /usr/sbin a special path's that are only in
> root's environment.

Another thing I'm doing while soak testing an application (pre
/etc/init.d startup script) is to run 'screen' as an unpriviledged user,
then 'su -' to root (or even better, 'sudo su -') followed by starting
the application.

At that point CTRL-A CTRL-D will disconnect the session. Later, a quick
'screen -r' gets you back to that console.

But agreed, a *NIX 101 book would be beneficial.

HTH too,

--- Gavin