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

[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 
> boot, just as they do with /tmp/.  I do believe you're right, however, in 
> suggesting that there is a bug in Asterisk.  It appears that Asterisk creates 
> /var/run/asterisk/ during install and assumes that it will always exist.
> 
> Some of the sample init scripts (Debian) create that directory before starting 
> Asterisk.  This should be done in all of them (or in Asterisk itself, maybe?).
> 
> Please report an issue on http://issues.asterisk.org/

For future reference, the issue reported is #16802.

https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=16802

Leif