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



I suspect you are correct, as distro (kubuntu) updates seem to have
resolved the issue.

On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 00:32 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 17:45 -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 09:40 -0400, Tom Sutherland wrote:
> > > yes - free space is not an issue.
> > 
> > Normally on RPM-based distros the package would create and own that
> > directory, but I guess we need to create it if it doesn't exist.
> 
> Actually, I've decided it's a disto problem.  Because NM-vpnc is not
> actually passing the pidfile path to vpnc, vpnc itself is determining
> where to put the pidfile (and this isn't known to anything other than
> vpnc itself).  Thus it's not really NM's responsibility to set up the
> pidfile environment for vpnc.  Were NM passing an explicit pidfile path,
> then it would be NM's responsibility.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> > Dan
> > 
> > > 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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