Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-12 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 07:36:23AM -0500, Leif Madsen wrote: Jason Parker wrote: Brian wrote: Each time the server is rebooted Asterisk duly deletes the manually created /var/run/asterisk directory - quite why it does this I just don't know - perhaps it is a bug? Your assumption is

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-12 Thread Brian
On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 14:15 +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: {snip} So the questions to ask are, I believe: * Should asterisk here be run as root? If so: why? It suits me to run it that way on the device concerned. * Where should the astvarrundir be? If you leave the defaults as they are (dictated

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-12 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:28:53PM +, Brian wrote: On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 14:15 +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: {snip} So the questions to ask are, I believe: * Should asterisk here be run as root? If so: why? It suits me to run it that way on the device concerned. Could you please be

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-12 Thread Brian
On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 15:18 +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:28:53PM +, Brian wrote: On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 14:15 +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: {snip} So the questions to ask are, I believe: * Should asterisk here be run as root? If so: why? It suits me to

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-12 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
Brian wrote: If you leave the defaults as they are (dictated by (!) in asterisk.conf) then the behaviour you get is Asterisk looking to /var/run/asterisk which the OS deletes on reboot. The question is why is this the default behaviour when it breaks systems that clear /var/run Because it's

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-12 Thread Brian
On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 10:20 -0600, Kevin P. Fleming wrote: Brian wrote: If you leave the defaults as they are (dictated by (!) in asterisk.conf) then the behaviour you get is Asterisk looking to /var/run/asterisk which the OS deletes on reboot. The question is why is this the default

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-12 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 04:51:29PM +, Brian wrote: On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 10:20 -0600, Kevin P. Fleming wrote: Brian wrote: If you leave the defaults as they are (dictated by (!) in asterisk.conf) then the behaviour you get is Asterisk looking to /var/run/asterisk which the OS

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-12 Thread Brian
On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 19:20 +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: Adding documentation is what you do when things fail to work. I suspect you use an older init.d script. You are just being silly now. Good documentation is essential to everything. With regards to your comments about the init.d script,

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-12 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 06:24:02PM +, Brian wrote: On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 19:20 +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: Adding documentation is what you do when things fail to work. I suspect you use an older init.d script. You are just being silly now. Good documentation is essential to

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-11 Thread Leif Madsen
Jason Parker wrote: Brian wrote: Each time the server is rebooted Asterisk duly deletes the manually created /var/run/asterisk directory - quite why it does this I just don't know - perhaps it is a bug? Your assumption is incorrect. Some Linux distributions will empty /var/run/ on

[asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-10 Thread Brian
Since upgrading from 1.6.1 to 1.6.2 I get this error on boot: Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory Or if I try to connect to Asterisk: Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl exist?) If I manually create

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-10 Thread Ken Leland III
Brian, It could be that the ownership/permissions on the directory are not correct. Are you running asterisk as asterisk:asterisk or root:root? Here is an article that lists the directories and what the ownership/permissions on each one should be:

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-10 Thread Brian
On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 08:54 -0500, Ken Leland III wrote: Brian, It could be that the ownership/permissions on the directory are not correct. Are you running asterisk as asterisk:asterisk or root:root? Here is an article that lists the directories and what the ownership/permissions on

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-10 Thread Danny Nicholas
-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Brian Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:15 AM To: Ken Leland III Cc: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-10 Thread Brian
On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 14:14 +, Brian wrote: On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 08:54 -0500, Ken Leland III wrote: Brian, It could be that the ownership/permissions on the directory are not correct. Are you running asterisk as asterisk:asterisk or root:root? Here is an article that lists the

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-10 Thread Jason Parker
Brian wrote: Each time the server is rebooted Asterisk duly deletes the manually created /var/run/asterisk directory - quite why it does this I just don't know - perhaps it is a bug? Your assumption is incorrect. Some Linux distributions will empty /var/run/ on boot, just as they do with

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-10 Thread Brian
On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 11:24 -0600, Jason Parker wrote: Brian wrote: Each time the server is rebooted Asterisk duly deletes the manually created /var/run/asterisk directory - quite why it does this I just don't know - perhaps it is a bug? Your assumption is incorrect. Some Linux

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-10 Thread Duncan Turnbull
The other way on Debian/Ubuntu is just to test the existence of the dir and create it if needed If you add this to the /etc/init.d/asterisk near the start you should be fine if ! [ -d /var/run/asterisk ] ; then mkdir /var/run/asterisk chown $AST_USER.$AST_GROUP /var/run/asterisk

Re: [asterisk-users] Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

2010-02-10 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 08:45:05AM +1300, Duncan Turnbull wrote: The other way on Debian/Ubuntu is just to test the existence of the dir and create it if needed If you add this to the /etc/init.d/asterisk near the start you should be fine if ! [ -d /var/run/asterisk ] ; then