[Asterisk-Users] Re: oh323 channel disappears

[Mike Fedyk]

asterisk at frameweb.it wrote:

>cd /root
>wget
>http://www.inaccessnetworks.com/ian/projects/asterisk-oh323/Libraries/pwlib-Mimas_patch2-src-tar.gz
>wget
>http://www.inaccessnetworks.com/ian/projects/asterisk-oh323/Libraries/openh323-Mimas_patch2-src-tar.gz
>
>cd /usr/src
>wget
>http://www.inaccessnetworks.com/ian/projects/asterisk-oh323/download/asterisk-oh323-0.6.7.tar.gz
>
>cd /root
>tar zxvf pwlib-Mimas_patch2-src-tar.gz
>tar zxvf openh323-Mimas_patch2-src-tar.gz
>mv pwlib_Mimas_patch2 pwlib
>mv openh323_Mimas_patch2 openh323
>
>cd /usr/src
>tar zxvf asterisk-oh323-0.6.7.tar.gz
>
>PWLIBDIR=/root/pwlib
>export PWLIBDIR
>OPENH323DIR=/root/openh323
>export OPENH323DIR
>LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWLIBDIR/lib:$OPENH323DIR/lib
>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>  
>
Don't put libraries in /root.  If you build from source, then put it in 
a directory below /usr/local.

>the only thing I am absolutely not hayy to did was that  "chmod 777 /root";
>  
>
Don't do that or set a directory to 777 unless you want anyone to be 
able to write there.  In this case, you definitely don't want that.

>I think that it should be not necessary at all, I did it becouse asterisk
>run as "asterisk" user, and peraphs i thought some problems aboutr
>accessing pwlib or oh323;
>  
>
Try running asterisk as root.  I have been told asterisk has trouble 
running under a non-root user.

>I tried to reboot a box WITHOUT exiting from asterisk, and the running
>conversetion (with  more then 2000 billsec....) was not recorded in the cdr
>
Make sure you don't do this.  Asterisk keeps state, and you need to save 
that state before you shutdown the system.

HTH,

Mike