On Mon, Mar 4, 2019, at 12:10 PM, Michael Munger wrote: > > I’ve installed asterisk from the debian repo, but, despite changing > `astdatadir` in asterisk.conf, it insists on using > `/usr/share/asterisk` instead of `/var/lib/asterisk`, which creates > user permission problems since it’s running as the user `asterisk`. The > Record() application instantly fails due to permissions problems. > > > Instead of giving the asterisk user read / write permissions for > /usr/share/asterisk, I was trying to change it to /var/lib/asterisk/, > but it continuously ignores my changes. > > > Is this a Debian issue or am I changing the wrong thing in > asterisk.conf? (I normally compile from source, which uses > /var/lib/asterisk by default. First time using a repo package)
Did you change the configuration section in asterisk.conf to not be a template? The (!) has to be removed from the end of [directories] or else it won't take effect. -- Joshua C. Colp Digium - A Sangoma Company | Senior Software Developer 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - US Check us out at: www.digium.com & www.asterisk.org -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- Check out the new Asterisk community forum at: https://community.asterisk.org/ New to Asterisk? Start here: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Getting+Started asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
