Bug#279052: asterisk creates file /.asterisk_history on shutdown

[Russell Coker]

Package: asterisk
Version: 1:1.0.1-1
Severity: normal

A daemon should never create a file in the root directory.  Temporary files
such as .asterisk_history can be in /var/lib or /var/run.  Any place other
than the root directory.

Putting files in the root directory exposes information to untrusted users,
it causes problems with a read-only root fs system, and it breaks the FHS.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-se
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages asterisk depends on:
ii  asterisk-sounds       1:1.0.1-1          Sound files for asterisk
ii  libasound2            1.0.6-3            ALSA library
ii  libc6                 2.3.2.ds1-18       GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libedit2              2.9.cvs.20040827-1 BSD editline and history libraries
ii  libexpat1             1.95.8-1           XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii  libgcc1               1:3.4.2-3          GCC support library
ii  libglib1.2            1.2.10-9           The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgsm1               1.0.10-13          Shared libraries for GSM speech co
ii  libgtk1.2             1.2.10-17          The GIMP Toolkit set of widgets fo
ii  libncurses5           5.4-4              Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libopenh323-1.13.2    1.13.5.4-4         H.323 aka VoIP library
ii  libpq3                7.4.6-2            Shared library libpq.so.3 for Post
ii  libpri1               1.0.1-1            Primary Rate ISDN specification li
ii  libpt-1.6.3           1.6.6.4-5          Portable Windows Library
ii  libspeex1             1.0.rel.4-1        The Speex Speech Codec
ii  libssl0.9.7           0.9.7d-5           SSL shared libraries
ii  libtonezone1          1:1.0.0-1          tonezone library (runtime)
ii  libx11-6              4.3.0.dfsg.1-8     X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6              4.3.0.dfsg.1-8     X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxi6                4.3.0.dfsg.1-8     X Window System Input extension li
ii  unixodbc              2.2.4-11           ODBC tools libraries
ii  xlibs                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8     X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.2-1          compression library - runtime

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