[asterisk-users] Run as root?

[Remco Post]

Malcom Kemp wrote:
> In looking at the safe_asterisk script, it would appear that it is
> encouraging the running of the Asterisk application as root user.  My
> natural inclination is to run it as a non-privileged user.  What is
> recommendation?
> 

the recommendation is not to run as root, and have both the desired user
and group configure in your asterisk.conf

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