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

[Robert McNaught]

not in path

[admin at XXXXXX]$ echo $PATH
/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/lib/courier-imap/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/admin/bin


> 
> Is /sbin in your path?
> 
> CP
> 
> Robert McNaught wrote:
> > 
> > my problem is that a non-privileged user, eg admin, cannot log in and
> > connect to the console by issuing the following
> > 
> > [admin at XXXX]$ asterisk -r
> > bash: asterisk: command not found
> > 
> > [admin at XXXXX]$ whereis asterisk
> > asterisk: /usr/sbin/asterisk /usr/lib/asterisk /usr/include/asterisk
> > /usr/include/asterisk.h /usr/share/man/man8/asterisk.8
> > 
> > what is the best way to solve this problem?
> > 
> > i have tried adding
> > 
> > admin   ALL=(ALL)       ALL    - I will prune back once I verify I can
> > get this working
> > 
> > into visudo, but even that returns asterisk:command not found
> > 
> > Does anyone out there know the best way around this - I tried adding in
> > a symbolic link in /usr/bin/asterisk to point to the
> > /home/asterisk/asterisk-bin/sbin/asterisk file, which worked, but is a
> > hack around the problem and don't believe this is the way
> > 
> > It seems that non-privileged users cannot run commands in sbin, but can
> > in bin directories
> > 
> > Robert
> > 
> 
> 
> 


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