Group on Details... https://www.deepreflect.net/tags/group/ Recent content in Group on Details... Hugo en-US Copyright © 2003 - 2026 Leonardo Rizzi Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:28:29 +0200 Asterisk - permissions and ownership for the socket console https://www.deepreflect.net/2009/11/10/asterisk-permissions-and-ownership-for-the-socket-console/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:18:28 +0000 http://blog.deepreflect.net/?p=752 <p>If you need to give asterisk operational permission to a simple user on linux system, first of all you can add it on asterisk group, then you can edit &ldquo;asterisk.conf&rdquo; usually on /etc/asterisk/ and give rwx permission to asterisk group like this (add if they don&rsquo;t exist):</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-gdscript3" data-lang="gdscript3"><span style="display:flex;"><span>[files] </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>astctlpermissions <span style="color:#f92672">=&gt;</span> <span style="color:#ae81ff">770</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>astctlowner <span style="color:#f92672">=&gt;</span> asterisk </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>astctlgroup <span style="color:#f92672">=&gt;</span> asterisk </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>astctl <span style="color:#f92672">=&gt;</span> <span style="color:#f92672">/</span><span style="color:#66d9ef">var</span><span style="color:#f92672">/</span>run<span style="color:#f92672">/</span>asterisk<span style="color:#f92672">/</span>asterisk<span style="color:#f92672">.</span>ctl </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Restart asterisk to apply changes.</p> <p>Common error (wrong socket permission):</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-gdscript3" data-lang="gdscript3"><span style="display:flex;"><span>[leo<span style="color:#960050;background-color:#1e0010">@</span>srv01 <span style="color:#f92672">~</span>]<span style="color:#f92672">$</span> <span style="color:#f92672">/</span>usr<span style="color:#f92672">/</span>sbin<span style="color:#f92672">/</span>asterisk <span style="color:#f92672">-</span>r </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Asterisk <span style="color:#ae81ff">1.4</span><span style="color:#f92672">.</span><span style="color:#ae81ff">22</span><span style="color:#f92672">-</span><span style="color:#ae81ff">4</span> RPM by vc<span style="color:#f92672">-</span>rpms<span style="color:#960050;background-color:#1e0010">@</span>voipconsulting<span style="color:#f92672">.</span>nl, Copyright (C) <span style="color:#ae81ff">1999</span> <span style="color:#f92672">-</span> <span style="color:#ae81ff">2008</span> Digium, Inc<span style="color:#f92672">.</span> <span style="color:#f92672">and</span> others<span style="color:#f92672">.</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Created by Mark Spencer </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type <span style="color:#e6db74">&#39;core show warranty&#39;</span> <span style="color:#66d9ef">for</span> details<span style="color:#f92672">.</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>This is free software, with components licensed under the GNU General Public </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>License version <span style="color:#ae81ff">2</span> <span style="color:#f92672">and</span> other licenses; you are welcome to redistribute it under </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>certain conditions<span style="color:#f92672">.</span> Type <span style="color:#e6db74">&#39;core show license&#39;</span> <span style="color:#66d9ef">for</span> details<span style="color:#f92672">.</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#f92672">=========================================================================</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does <span style="color:#f92672">/</span><span style="color:#66d9ef">var</span><span style="color:#f92672">/</span>run<span style="color:#f92672">/</span>asterisk<span style="color:#f92672">/</span>asterisk<span style="color:#f92672">.</span>ctl exist<span style="color:#960050;background-color:#1e0010">?</span>) </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>[leo<span style="color:#960050;background-color:#1e0010">@</span>srv01 <span style="color:#f92672">~</span>]<span style="color:#f92672">$</span> </span></span></code></pre></div> If you need to give asterisk operational permission to a simple user on linux system, first of all you can add it on asterisk group, then you can edit “asterisk.conf” usually on /etc/asterisk/ and give rwx permission to asterisk group like this (add if they don’t exist):

[files]
astctlpermissions => 770
astctlowner => asterisk
astctlgroup => asterisk
astctl => /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl

Restart asterisk to apply changes.

Common error (wrong socket permission):

[leo@srv01 ~]$ /usr/sbin/asterisk -r
Asterisk 1.4.22-4 RPM by vc-rpms@voipconsulting.nl, Copyright (C) 1999 - 2008 Digium, Inc. and others.
Created by Mark Spencer
Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type 'core show warranty' for details.
This is free software, with components licensed under the GNU General Public
License version 2 and other licenses; you are welcome to redistribute it under
certain conditions. Type 'core show license' for details.
=========================================================================
Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl exist?)
[leo@srv01 ~]$
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