Index: apps/app_dial.c
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--- apps/app_dial.c	(revision 38849)
+++ apps/app_dial.c	(working copy)
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/signal.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 
 #include "asterisk/lock.h"
@@ -795,6 +796,7 @@
 	int result = 0;
 	time_t start_time;
 	char privintro[1024];
+	char privdir[1024];
 	char privcid[256];
 	char *parse;
 	int opermode = 0;
@@ -1001,7 +1003,11 @@
 			   unless it is already there-- this should be done before the 
 			   call is actually dialed  */
 
-			/* make sure the priv-callerintros dir exists? */
+			/* make sure the priv-callerintros dir actually exists */
+			snprintf(privdir,sizeof(privdir), "%s/sounds/priv-callerintros", ast_config_AST_DATA_DIR);
+			if(mkdir(privdir, 0755) && errno != EEXIST) {
+				ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "privacy: can't create directory priv-callerintros: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+			}
 
 			snprintf(privintro,sizeof(privintro), "priv-callerintros/%s", privcid);
 			if( ast_fileexists(privintro,NULL,NULL ) > 0 && strncmp(privcid,"NOCALLERID",10) != 0) {