Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to load users.conf

2012-10-18 Thread Steve Edwards
On Thu, 18 Oct 2012, Rizha Yuherdianto wrote: 3) im root Glad to meet you. :D   If you meant the user running Asterisk is root, this is a less than optimal situation that can lead to really big problems. Why? Steve please explain.  Well, if an attacker

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to load users.conf

2012-10-18 Thread Rizha Yuherdianto
If you meant the user running Asterisk is root, this is a less than optimal situation that can lead to really big problems. Why? Steve please explain. Well, if an attacker manages to inject some code and Asterisk is running as root, poof goes your system or you get an

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to load users.conf

2012-10-18 Thread Steve Edwards
On Thu, 18 Oct 2012, Rizha Yuherdianto wrote: any link for me so i can learn more about security practices with asterisk? i'm using a public ip.  I think John Todd did a doc that is included with Asterisk. http://nerdvittles.com/ has had a couple of recent articles on security. There was a

[asterisk-users] Unable to load users.conf

2012-10-17 Thread Rizha Yuherdianto
Dear All, I've got this Warning message on my log: WARNING[3741]: res_phoneprov.c:923 set_config: Unable to load users.conf what is this mean? thank you. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to load users.conf

2012-10-17 Thread Steve Edwards
On Thu, 18 Oct 2012, Rizha Yuherdianto wrote: I've got this Warning message on my log: WARNING[3741]: res_phoneprov.c:923 set_config: Unable to load users.conf what is this mean? thank you. I'm just a 1.2 Luddite, but I'd guess: 0) It's just a warning so it may not be a big deal. 1) The

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to load users.conf

2012-10-17 Thread Rizha Yuherdianto
Thank you Steve, I'm using AsteriskNow latest version 2.0.2. my answer is: 0) if its just a warning, how to get it fixed? 1) checked, it is not exist. is it exist by default? 2) what directory it should be? 3) im root 4) the file doesn't exist Thanks On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:18 AM,

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to load users.conf

2012-10-17 Thread Steve Edwards
On Thu, 18 Oct 2012, Rizha Yuherdianto wrote: 0) if its just a warning, how to get it fixed? It doesn't really need to. A 'warning' is like saying here's something you should be aware of. Personally, I prefer to resolve all warnings so there is less cruft to sift through when something

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to load users.conf

2012-10-17 Thread Rizha Yuherdianto
0) if its just a warning, how to get it fixed? It doesn't really need to. A 'warning' is like saying here's something you should be aware of. Personally, I prefer to resolve all warnings so there is less cruft to sift through when something actually does go wrong. I see 1)