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

[Tom Sutherland <tsuther i3businesssolutions com>]

yes - free space is not an issue.

On Wed, 2010-09-08 at 12:40 -0400, José Queiroz wrote:
> Is there free space in the FS that holds "/var/run/vpnc"?
> 
> 2010/9/7 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
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