[asterisk-users] Running Asterisk as root

[Andreas van dem Helge]

I totally agree. Someone filed a bugreport for this? Also asterisk
init script should be installed by default too.

I am going to give Cesar's instructions a try (sans removing /bin/sh)
and hope it works!

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 3:24 AM, Stelios Koroneos
<skoroneos at digital-opsis.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>  > [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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