asterisk -U asterisk -G asterisk -vvvc
Asterisk SVN-branch-1.4-r88116, Copyright (C) 1999 - 2007 Digium, Inc. and others.
Created by Mark Spencer <markster@digium.com>
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.
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  == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf': Found
Running as group 'asterisk'
Running as user 'asterisk'
  == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/extconfig.conf': Found
  == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/logger.conf': Found
Asterisk Event Logger Started /var/log/asterisk/event_log
Asterisk Dynamic Loader Starting:
  == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/modules.conf': Found
  == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/dnsmgr.conf': Found
  == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/http.conf': Found
  == Manager registered action Ping
  == Manager registered action Events
  == Manager registered action Logoff
  == Manager registered action Hangup
  == Manager registered action Status
  == Manager registered action Setvar
  == Manager registered action Getvar
  == Manager registered action GetConfig
  == Manager registered action UpdateConfig
  == Manager registered action Redirect
  == Manager registered action Originate
  == Manager registered action Command
  == Manager registered action ExtensionState
  == Manager registered action AbsoluteTimeout
  == Manager registered action MailboxStatus
  == Manager registered action MailboxCount
  == Manager registered action ListCommands
  == Manager registered action UserEvent
  == Manager registered action WaitEvent
  == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/manager.conf': Found
root@asterisk:/var/log/asterisk#