[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk as non root

[Chris Lee]

Tilghman Lesher wrote:

> 
> Permissions problem.  User asterisk needs to have permissions to
> write the file /var/run/asterisk.ctl
> 
> 
>>2: The pid file is no longer being updated
> 
> 
> Again, permissions problem.
> 

I was under the impression that changing the line:
ASTVARRUNDIR=$(INSTALL_PREFIX)/var/run/asterisk

fixed it so that asterisk.ctl and asterisk.pid got written in the 
/var/run/asterisk directory, which I gave asterisk ownership of.
Am I mistaken here, and if so where do I configure the source so that 
they get put there, thus getting the rights they need?