For me the same problem was resolved with disabled authentication in ZM options (uncheck OPT_USE_AUTH).
The reason to make this conclusion is here in logs: =================== Aug 19 00:21:00 ubuntu-server zms[5623]: ERR [Unable to authenticate user] ... Aug 19 00:21:00 ubuntu-server zms[5633]: ERR [Unable to authenticate user] Aug 19 00:21:10 ubuntu-server web_php[5446]: ERR [socket_sendto( /tmp/zm/zms-289356s.sock ) failed: No such file or directory] =================== -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1159361 Title: zoneminder not creating local unix sockets for streaming To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zoneminder/+bug/1159361/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs