[Asterisk-Users] Running as non-root user ( was: Vmail.cgi Bahhh!!)

[Olle E. Johansson]

Justin wrote:

> Olle,
> 
> That's a great start but as the documentation states:
> 
> NOTE:  this requires substantial work to be sure that Asterisk's 
> environment has permission to write the files required  for  its  
> operation, including logs, its comm socket, the asterisk database, etc.
> 
> Can that be made easier or is that just the way it is?
Of course it can be made easier. Create a script, add it to the bug
tracker and it may be included in the CVS, where we have a lot of
scripts for various platforms.

It may also be something for Linux distros and FreeBSD ports to handle
for each operating system.

/O