[Asterisk-Dev] non-root asterisk install

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>just change the INSTALL_PREFIX in the Makefile and change the
>paths in asterisk.conf to point to a different location.
>I run all my * installations non-root. Make sure your user has
>the right permissions on /dev/zaptel/* (or /dev/capi* in my
>case).
>Start * with the -C /full/path/asterisk.conf to make * find
>the asterisk.conf in a different location.
I think you are also going to run into permissions with the pid
file in /var/run, I had to make a another group (wheel :)
that had rwx perms to /var/run * make asterisk a member of that group ..