the user you are connecting as should have full rights to /var/run/asterisk:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+non-root hth -----Original Message----- From: Erick Perez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 9:28 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk.ctl exist?) Hi, im running asterisk as another user (user x group x), While trying to attach to the console I get this error: [EMAIL PROTECTED] keys]# asterisk -rvvvvvvvv Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk.ctl exist?) [EMAIL PROTECTED] keys]# the file exists and it is: srwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Apr 1 20:32 /var/run/asterisk.ctl Suggestions? -- ------------------------------------------- Erick Perez Linux User 376588 http://counter.li.org/ (Get counted!!!) Panama, Republic of Panama _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
