[Kamailio-Users] won't start - no error found in syslog

[Florian Meister]

> I get an error when trying to start Kamailio:
> 
> ERROR: PID file /var/run/kamailio.pid does not exist -- Kamailio start
> failed
> 
> I've searched around and found others with the same problem - but they
> usually found a lead to the problem in the syslog. All I get in the
> syslog when trying to start Kamailio is this line:
> 
> Sep 28 05:34:01 server /USR/SBIN/CRON[10786]: (root) CMD (echo "call
> kamailio_cdrs();"|/usr/bin/mysql -u xxx -pyyy kamailio >/dev/null)
> 
> Any ideas where and how to look?
> 

I would try checking the rights on /var/run. Maybe the user under which kamailio is starting does not have the right to put the run-file in it. 

Best regards

florian