[Serusers] Fifo Error - Please help?!?!

[Nils Ohlmeier]

On Wednesday 21 May 2003 17:59, Todd wrote:
> Hi, I'm new to Sip and Ser and am having trouble getting the fifo to
> work correctly.
>
> This is the error I see:
>
> Warning: fopen(/var/tmp/ser1_fifo) [function.fopen]: failed to create
> stream: Permission denied in
> /usr/local/apache/htdocs/serweb/functions.php on line 172
>
>
> I have tried with ser_fifo in the /tmp directory as specified in the the
> installation guide with the same errors.  I have tried changing the
> owner / group permissions as well as who owns the file to no avail.
>
> The error comes up when the file is accessible by root, if I change it
> to apache or any other user the system will not load at all...help?!?!?

For me it definatly sounds like a problem with the file permissions.
Is it possible that you Apache runs as user nobody?
Often the first process just runs as user Apache, and all childs are running 
as nobody. The rights have to be enough for all Apache processes.

Regards
  Nils Ohlmeier