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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Christian > > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 3:00 AM > > To: [email protected] > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
