vpnc: can't open pidfile /var/run/vpnc/pid for writing

[Tom Sutherland <tsuther i3businesssolutions com>]

>From my syslog:


Sep  7 13:31:07 angry-butler09 vpnc[7137]: can't open pidfile /var/run/vpnc/pid for writing
Sep  7 13:31:08 angry-butler09 NetworkManager[1112]: <info> VPN connection 'WolverineECC' (IP Config Get) complete.
Sep  7 13:31:08 angry-butler09 NetworkManager[1112]: <info> Policy set 'LabConn' (eth0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
Sep  7 13:31:08 angry-butler09 NetworkManager[1112]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 4
Sep  7 13:31:08 angry-butler09 nm-dispatcher.action: Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/01ifupdown' exited with error status 1.
Sep  7 13:37:37 angry-butler09 vpnc[7137]: select: Interrupted system call
Sep  7 13:37:37 angry-butler09 vpnc[7137]: terminated by signal: 15

The tunnel interface comes up, routes are populated, but no traffic seems to flow across tunnel.

If I manually create /var/run/vpnc directory prior to starting the connection, all seems to work properly.


version:
network-manager/maverick uptodate 0.8.1+git.20100810t184654.ab580f4-0ubuntu2


uname -a:
Linux angry-butler09 2.6.35-20-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 3 14:55:28 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux


Any ideas?  Is this a distro-specific thing?

Regards,
Tom Sutherland