[asterisk-users] asterisk as non-root/best practices

[Alan Lord]

Robert McNaught wrote:
>>  thanks for the reply Tzafrir,
>>
>> I tried the below, but I think maybe I misexplained what I am trying 
>> to do.  I have asterisk running as user asterisk - I followed the 
>> instructions in the Asterisk book and have everything stored in 
>> /home/asterisk/asterisk-bin - this includes logs, pid files, configs 
>> etc etc

I can't see why you are still having trouble. There are lots of 
explanations for how to do this.

Why are you trying to build asterisk under /home?

The binaries should be in your usual path (/bin, /sbin, /usr/bin), the 
configuration stuff should *always* be in /etc/asterisk, and build 
asterisk to store all voice mail and logs under /var/{lib,log,spool}.

I have documented this process here: 
http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2007/10/30/untangle-asterisk-pbx-and-file-server-all-in-one-part-7/

I don't mean to be rude, but if you really can't do this - pay someone 
who can...

Al


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