asterisk users - Feb 2010 - Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid': No such file or directory

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 /var/run/asterisk/ and restart Asterisk I can
connect to it, but if the server is rebooted /var/run/asterisk/
disappears and warning comes back.

I could doctor the init.d script to overcome this, but I'm not sure it's
the right thing to do. Can anyone explain the best way for me to get
over this?

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:

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+non-root

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:57:44AM +0000, Brian wrote:
> 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 /var/run/asterisk/ and restart Asterisk I can
> connect to it, but if the server is rebooted /var/run/asterisk/
> disappears and warning comes back.
> 
> I could doctor the init.d script to overcome this, but I'm not sure
it's
> the right thing to do. Can anyone explain the best way for me to get
> over this?
> 
> 
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