[asterisk-users] Unable to open master device '/dev/zap/ctl'

[Walter Willis]

create nodes and links /proc/zap


On Jan 16, 2008 3:39 PM, Chris Bagnall <lists at minotaur.cc> wrote:

> Make sure asterisk is in the "dialout" group in /etc/passwd
>
> The default gentoo ebuild of zaptel creates /dev/zap/* with group dialout,
> and if you're using the gentoo ebuild of asterisk, it'll run as
> asterisk:asterisk, so you need to make sure asterisk is a member of the
> dialout goup otherwise it'll never be able to access /dev/zap/*
>
> FWIW, as a fellow Gentoo user, 2006.1 is a bit dated, and you'd be well
> worth updating to 2007.0 if you can spare the time - it'll save you a lot
> of messing around with gcc versions etc. later down the line.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
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