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+# Startup configuration for the Asterisk daemon
+
+# Uncomment the following and set them to the user/groups that you
+# want to run Asterisk as. NOTE: this requires substantial work to
+# be sure that Asterisk's environment has permission to write the
+# files required  for  its  operation, including logs, its comm
+# socket, the asterisk database, etc.
+#AST_USER="asterisk"
+#AST_GROUP="asterisk"
+
+# If you DON'T want Asterisk to start up with terminal colors, comment
+# this out.
+COLOR=yes
+
+# If you want Asterisk to run with a non-default configuration file,
+# uncomment the following option, and set the value appropriately.
+#ALTCONF=/etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf
+
+# In the case of a crash, Asterisk may create a core file.  Uncomment
+# if you want this behavior.
+#COREDUMP=yes
+
+# Asterisk may establish a maximum load average for the system.  This
+# may be useful to prevent a flood of calls from taking down the system.
+#MAXLOAD=4
+
+# Or, if you'd prefer, you can limit the maximum number of calls.
+#MAXCALLS=1000
+
+# Default console verbosity.  This may be raised or lowered on the console.
+#VERBOSITY=3
+
+# Enable internal timing if the DAHDI timer is available.  The default
+# behaviour is that outbound packets are phase locked to inbound packets.
+# Enabling this option causes them to be locked to the internal DAHDI
+# timer instead.
+#INTERNALTIMING=yes
+
+# Start all recordings into a temporary directory, before moving them to
+# their final location.
+#TEMPRECORDINGLOCATION=yes
+