How can I set environment variables in my Linux service for Asterisk even though it doesn't have a real user?

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I have created a linux service that runs as a deamon (and gets started from /etc/init.d/X). I need to set some environment variables that can be accessed by the application.

Here's the scenario. The application is a bunch of Perl AGI scripts that depend on (and therefore need to run as) asterisk user but asterisk doesn't have a shell. Ideally I'd just set this in /home/asterisk/.bashrc but that doesn't exist for asterisk.

How can I set environment variables for my app in the asterisk user's running environment so that my app can use them?

asterisk init.d perl linux bash
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If your distro of choice is now using systemd try systemctl edit --full asterisk.service and consider EnvironmentFile and Environment

These files normally live here: /etc/systemd/system/myservice.service e.g cron.service

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