[rabbitmq-discuss] RabbitMQ 2.6.0 failing to start (Debian Package)

Fri Sep 2 09:12:26 BST 2011

Hi Philip,

On Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 11:38:09AM -0500, Philip K. Warren wrote:
> mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/run/rabbitmq': Permission denied
> /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-server: 71: cannot create
> /var/run/rabbitmq/pid: Directory nonexistent
> 
> I think the rabbitmq-server init script needs to create the
> /var/run/rabbitmq directory if it doesn't exist, as the rabbitmq user
> doesn't have permission to create the directory.

Thanks for reporting this. There's always something that manages to get
through... sigh. Given the severity of this, I would imagine there'll be
a patch release coming out fairly soon.

Matthew