Summary:	ASTERISK-14785: Asterisk is looking in the wrong location for the asterisk.pid (and probably asterisk.ctl) file.
Reporter:	Daniel Lynes (dlynes)	Labels:
Date Opened:	2009-09-07 22:45:53	Date Closed:	2011-06-07 14:07:53
Priority:	Minor	Regression?	No
Status:	Closed/Complete	Components:	Core/Configuration
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Description:	Asterisk is not looking in the config file for where to locate the asterisk.pid file.  Using strings, it is readily apparent that the location is also hard-coded in the asterisk binary. ****** STEPS TO REPRODUCE ****** 1.  Set astrundir to /var/run/asterisk in the /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf file 2.  chown asterisk:asterisk /var/run/asterisk 3.  Run asterisk:   /usr/sbin/asterisk -f ****** ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ****** If you scroll up to the top, to see where the process started before all the log spam, you'll see: Unable to open pid file '/var/run/asterisk.pid': Permission denied Unable to bind socket to /var/run/asterisk.ctl: Permission denied As you can see, it's looking in the wrong directory.
Comments:	By: Elazar Broad (ebroad) 2009-09-08 01:06:54 What do you have for astrundir in asterisk.conf? By: Daniel Lynes (dlynes) 2009-09-08 07:12:49 /var/run/asterisk By: Daniel Lynes (dlynes) 2009-09-11 10:12:56 In case there's confusion, the bug reporting system for the most part doesn't allow me to report the version number accurately. This bug is in asterisk 1.6.1.6 By: Leif Madsen (lmadsen) 2009-09-16 09:48:05 Is this issue in previous versions, or other branches of Asterisk? My guess is this must be a general issue that has been around for a while? If not, then I'd like to find out if this is a regression, and if so, where it might have happened. Thanks! By: Jason Parker (jparker) 2009-10-05 17:42:16 The `strings` command is showing the default.  astrundir in the directories context changes this behavior. Can you upload your asterisk.conf? By: Leif Madsen (lmadsen) 2009-10-07 08:54:24 When asking a reporter for a question, please don't forget to set the status to feedback. Thanks! By: Gareth Coco (gcoco) 2009-10-09 14:47:36 As a question to dlynes, in /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf have you removed the (!) after the [directories] directive? If not then this could be the problem. By: mustardman (mustardman) 2009-10-21 04:10:12 I believe I am having the same problem.  Using Freepbx when I issue a "amportal stop" I get: STOPPING ASTERISK Asterisk ended with exit status 0 Asterisk shutdown normally. Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl exist?) Asterisk Stopped "amportal start" seems to work normally This is a fresh install and I tried re-installing a few times now. Asterisk 1.6.1.6 /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf [directories] astetcdir => /etc/asterisk astmoddir => /usr/lib/asterisk/modules astvarlibdir => /var/lib/asterisk astagidir => /var/lib/asterisk/agi-bin astspooldir => /var/spool/asterisk astrundir => /var/run/asterisk astlogdir => /var/log/asterisk [options] transmit_silence_during_record = yes languageprefix=yes execincludes=yes Don't see any clues in /var/log/asterisk/full I can see the asterisk.ctl and asterisk.pid files being created in /var/run/asterisk when I start asterisk and I have that directories permissions set to asterisk.asterisk. It is like it is trying to remove the file twice when asterisk stops. By: Elazar Broad (ebroad) 2009-10-21 09:40:26 I don't use FreePBX, so I am going to take a guess. The stop script is probably running 'asterisk -r' after it kills the process to make sure Asterisk is really stopped. With that said, Asterisk/Digium does not support FreePBX. <ebroad> ~freepbx <infobot> [~freepbx] FreePBX is unable to be supported here. It is made up of complex dialplans and scripts which can't be easily supported by people who aren't deeply involved. Try joining #freepbx and asking there By: Leif Madsen (lmadsen) 2009-10-21 11:04:47 I still believe FreePBX must be using the safe_asterisk script, where this issue appears to exist. I have a feeling there is another issue already open about this. I will see if I can find it, and if so, mark either as a duplicate, or as related. By: mustardman (mustardman) 2009-10-21 16:45:24 Ok, let me put it this way then. /usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "core stop gracefully" /usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "stop gracefully" By: Daniel Lynes (dlynes) 2009-11-06 20:41:35.000-0600 From vim:  1 [directories]  2 astetcdir => /etc/asterisk  3 astmoddir => /usr/lib/asterisk/modules  4 astvarlibdir => /var/lib/asterisk  5 astagidir => /var/lib/asterisk/agi-bin  6 astspooldir => /var/spool/asterisk  7 astrundir => /var/run/asterisk  8 astlogdir => /var/log/asterisk As you can see, I don't have anything commented out.  Also, I am not using freepbx, either. By: Daniel Lynes (dlynes) 2009-11-06 20:44:51.000-0600 Also, I should note that I am using 'stop when convenient', then checking to make sure asterisk is not running, before running it with /etc/init.d/asterisk start (debian init script, created by 'make config') By: Matthias Nick (mnick) 2009-11-18 14:13:46.000-0600 I haven't been able to reproduce the issue. Can you please provide more information? How you installed you're system, ... By: Leif Madsen (lmadsen) 2009-12-21 09:52:51.000-0600 Closed due to lack of response from reporter. Please reopen if you're able to provide additional information. Thanks!