Bug#445855: asterisk: doesn't start via init script

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 06:22:37PM +0200, Peter Mukunda Pasedach wrote:

> mukunda:/home/mukunda# /etc/init.d/asterisk start
> Starting Asterisk PBX: asterisk.
> mukunda:/home/mukunda# /etc/init.d/asterisk status
> Asterisk PBX is stopped
> mukunda:/home/mukunda# asterisk
> mukunda:/home/mukunda# rasterisk
> Asterisk 1.2.13, Copyright (C) 1999 - 2006 Digium, Inc. and others.
> Created by Mark Spencer <markster at digium.com>
> Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type 'show warranty' for details.
> This is free software, with components licensed under the GNU General Public
> License version 2 and other licenses; you are welcome to redistribute it under
> certain conditions. Type 'show license' for details.
> =========================================================================
> Connected to Asterisk 1.2.13 currently running on mukunda (pid = 1622)
> mukunda*CLI> 

I suspect a permissions issue.

Try:

# get rid of that copy you started earlier running as root
/etc/init.d/asterisk stop

# and then:
/etc/init.d/asterisk debug

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