[asterisk-users] Running Asterisk as root

[Stelios Koroneos]

In general, if your asterisk is accesible from the internet its much better
to have it run as a non-root process.
(My opinion is that this should be the default out-of-the-makefile ;)
asterisk behaviour)
This is the "norm" for more of the servers/services running on a linux
system, and can act as a safety-net when things go bad


Stelios S. Koroneos

Digital OPSiS - Embedded Intelligence
http://www.digital-opsis.com
 

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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Christian
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 3:00 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [asterisk-users] Running Asterisk as root
> 
> Hi all,
> I have seen discussions on this earlier on, but just want to 
> hear some quick thoughts.
> I am running v1.6 of Asterisk on my Ubuntu installation, I 
> did make config to make it run at boot. Since I've got a 
> firewall and don't have any other servers running I am not 
> worried. I have been htinking about running Asterisk as a 
> seperat user, but haven't done that yet.
> Everything is working fine.
> What do you think?
> Thanks,
> Christian
> 
> 
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