Index: main/asterisk.c
===================================================================
--- main/asterisk.c	(revision 94418)
+++ main/asterisk.c	(working copy)
@@ -2635,7 +2635,7 @@
 			break;
 		case 'x':
 			ast_set_flag(&ast_options, AST_OPT_FLAG_EXEC);
-			xarg = optarg;
+			xarg = ast_strdupa(optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'C':
 			ast_copy_string(ast_config_AST_CONFIG_FILE, optarg, sizeof(ast_config_AST_CONFIG_FILE));
@@ -2657,10 +2657,10 @@
 			show_version();
 			exit(0);
 		case 'U':
-			runuser = optarg;
+			runuser = ast_strdupa(optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'G':
-			rungroup = optarg;
+			rungroup = ast_strdupa(optarg);
 			break;
 		case '?':
 			exit(1);