From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 12 15:00:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44AE716A524 for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:00:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu (webit.ent.ohiou.edu [132.235.17.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0E8143D39 for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:00:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from deering@ohiou.edu) Received: from bucks.ohio.edu (bucks.ent.ohiou.edu [132.235.18.192]) i7CF7Pjn014244 for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:07:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from deering@ohiou.edu) Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.2.20040812110438.01da9640@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu> X-Sender: deering@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.0.6 Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:05:43 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Paul Deering X-PMX-Version: 4.6.1.107272, Antispam-Core: 4.6.1.106808, Antispam-Data: 2004.8.11.110165 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: newbie: cant create stunnel.pid file X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:00:33 -0000 Did you ever find an answer to the following question? I have the same problem. Hi, okay well I am wanting to Get stunnel working. it is complaining that the stunnel.pid file cannot be created. what am I doing wrong? --- from logs ---- 2003.05.30 11:43:56 LOG3[44790:134598656]: Cannot create pid file /var/run/stunn el/stunnel.pid 2003.05.30 11:43:56 LOG3[44790:134598656]: create: No such file or directory (2) -- from configuration --- # Comment it out on Win32 cert = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/mail.pem chroot = /var/tmp/stunnel # PID is created inside chroot jail pid = /var/run/stunnel/stunnel.pid setuid = stunnel setgid = stunnel --- the dir exists typhoon# ls -ld /var/run/stunnel/ drwxr-xr-x 2 stunnel stunnel 512 May 30 11:43 /var/run/stunnel/ Paul E. Deering, Ph.D. Ohio University Russ College of Engineering and Technology 376 Stocker Center Athens, OH 45701 PH: (740) 593-2478 FX: (740) 593-0659