chmod -R 755 /var/spool/asterisk/
chmod -R 755 /var/log/asterisk/
Hm, this was necessary when installing via yum:
yum -y install asterisk
It worked fine afterwards. I’m still wondering why, oh well.
Because that change violates good security practice and the default permission is correct for a secure system.
If you are running non-root, you are expected to understandt the implications and be able to fix ownership issues, yourself.