id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc uname nginx_version 1322 "nginx: [emerg] open() ""/var/run/nginx.pid"" failed (13: Permission denied)" beerich@… "The error (in Summary) has showed up in fresh installs of both FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE and 11.1-RC1. Reinstalled nginx a number of times, with no changes in the result. It's requiring Passenger, which isn't used because this error delivers a 404 before Passenger can provide a route. nginx -V: nginx version: nginx/1.12.0 built with OpenSSL 1.0.2k-freebsd 26 Jan 2017 TLS SNI support enabled configure arguments: --prefix=/usr/local/etc/nginx --with-cc-opt='-I /usr/local/include' --with-ld-opt='-L /usr/local/lib' --conf-path=/usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --sbin-path=/usr/local/sbin/nginx --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --user=www --group=www --modules-path=/usr/local/libexec/nginx --with-debug --with-file-aio --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/client_body_temp --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/fastcgi_temp --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/proxy_temp --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/scgi_temp --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/uwsgi_temp --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --with-http_addition_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_flv_module --with-http_geoip_module=dynamic --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_mp4_module --add-module=/usr/ports/www/nginx/work/nchan-0.99.16 --with-http_random_index_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-http_slice_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_sub_module --add-module=/usr/ports/www/nginx/work/nginx-upload-module-72ec037 --with-pcre --add-dynamic-module=/usr/ports/www/nginx/work/passenger-5.1.5/src/nginx_module --with-http_v2_module --with-stream=dynamic --with-stream_ssl_module --with-stream_ssl_preread_module --with-threads --with-mail=dynamic --without-mail_imap_module --without-mail_pop3_module --without-mail_smtp_module --with-mail_ssl_module --with-http_ssl_module uname -a: FreeBSD neb.local 11.1-RC1 FreeBSD 11.1-RC1 #0 r320486: Fri Jun 30 02:25:16 UTC 2017 root@releng2.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 Clean installation. Passenger cannot provide a route, so the whole server delivers a 404. Error reported: nginx -t nginx: the configuration file /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok nginx: [emerg] open() ""/var/run/nginx.pid"" failed (13: Permission denied) nginx: configuration file /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed Permissions on /var/run/nginx.pid are 640. Same error with 655. Same problem happened on FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE " defect closed critical other 1.12.x invalid nginx.pid FreeBSD neb.local 11.1-RC1 FreeBSD 11.1-RC1 #0 r320486: Fri Jun 30 02:25:16 UTC 2017 root@releng2.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 "nginx version: nginx/1.12.0 built with OpenSSL 1.0.2k-freebsd 26 Jan 2017 TLS SNI support enabled configure arguments: --prefix=/usr/local/etc/nginx --with-cc-opt='-I /usr/local/include' --with-ld-opt='-L /usr/local/lib' --conf-path=/usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --sbin-path=/usr/local/sbin/nginx --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --user=www --group=www --modules-path=/usr/local/libexec/nginx --with-debug --with-file-aio --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/client_body_temp --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/fastcgi_temp --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/proxy_temp --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/scgi_temp --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/uwsgi_temp --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --with-http_addition_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_flv_module --with-http_geoip_module=dynamic --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_mp4_module --add-module=/usr/ports/www/nginx/work/nchan-0.99.16 --with-http_random_index_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-http_slice_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_sub_module --add-module=/usr/ports/www/nginx/work/nginx-upload-module-72ec037 --with-pcre --add-dynamic-module=/usr/ports/www/nginx/work/passenger-5.1.5/src/nginx_module --with-http_v2_module --with-stream=dynamic --with-stream_ssl_module --with-stream_ssl_preread_module --with-threads --with-mail=dynamic --without-mail_imap_module --without-mail_pop3_module --without-mail_smtp_module --with-mail_ssl_module --with-http_ssl_module"