Public bug reported: Asterisk 1.2.7: The /etc/init.d/asterisk - startscript has to enshore that the catalog /var/run/asterisk are created with user and group asterisk. Without this catalog asterisk will not start.
Work a round: sudo mkdir /var/run/asterisk sudo chown asterisk:asterisk /var/run/asterisk sudo /etc/init.d/asterisk start ** Affects: asterisk (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- /var/run/asterisk does not exist https://launchpad.net/bugs/63713 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs