[Asterisk-Users] Linux Kernel 2.6 Questions - safe_asterisk and udev

[Craig Guy]

Running CVS Head 10 August on Kernel 2.6 (FC2) as non-root user with no
issues.  I followed the instructions on the wiki for running as non root.
For startup and shutdown I've just copied the digium supplied scripts into
/etc/rc.d/init.d and created the appropriate links into /etc/rc.d/rc3.d as
appropriate.

Craig

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Gibson" <gibson at experthost.com>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
<asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 11:30 AM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Linux Kernel 2.6 Questions - safe_asterisk and
udev


> Hi All,
>
> A new server we have installed requires 2.6 for the sata hardware to
> work properly, so I've been somewhat forced into using Kernel 2.6 for
> now and having jumped right into it, it's quite nice, but I am having
> some small issues. I have it all up and running, and it seems somewhat
> faster on 2.6 (might just be the hype, who knows).. Anyway, I have a few
> questions.
>
> 1. Has anyone set asterisk up successfully with kernel 2.6 and running
> it as a user as opposed to root? - So far I have noticed that because of
> the udev file system, I have to manually chown /dev/zap /dev/sound et
> all to asterisk user upon boot up in rc.local. Is there a cleaner way of
> doing this?
>
> 2. I've also noticed that in rc.local I had to add a sleep 10 statement
> after inserting the modules to ensure that /dev/zap was created before
> running asterisk. Else asterisk would fail. Mind you this is running on
> a k6-350 with 320 megs of ram, so it could be the speed of the box, just
> wondering if anyone else noticed this.
>
> 3. When running safe_asterisk (su asterisk -c /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk) i
> see the following output ---
>
> ..root at asterisk:(~)%su asterisk -c /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk
> ..root at asterisk:(~)%Asterisk ended with exit status 0
> Asterisk shutdown normally.
>
> but asterisk is running normally if I ps aux, and running as the user.
> Anyone know a way to fix this? I know it's not hurting anything, it's
> just annoying to see, and I'm sure it's not right. I looked at
> /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk, but can't figure out why it's doing that. I
> remember something about having to edit the path statement for the
> asterisk user in /etc/bashrc and/or /etc/profile and/or /etc/login.defs,
> all have been done, but this still doesn't seem to rectofy the problem.
>
> If anyone else has any other relevant 2.6 information, it'd be much
> abliged.
>
> ps: i'm using slackware 10.0, and kernel 2.6.9, and a tdm30b, and a
> x100p clone.
>
>
>
> thanks,
> Matt
>
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