--- asterisk.init	2006-10-19 16:16:00.000000000 -0200
+++ asterisk.init_varrun-enabled	2006-10-19 17:36:23.000000000 -0200
@@ -68,11 +68,15 @@
 test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
 
 set -e
- 
-if [ ! -e `dirname $PIDFILE` ];then
-       mkdir `dirname $PIDFILE`
-       chown askterisk.asterisk `dirname $PIDFILE`
-fi
+
+check_privsep_dir() {
+    # Create the PrivSep empty dir if necessary
+    if [ ! -d /var/run/asterisk ]; then
+        mkdir /var/run/asterisk
+        chown asterisk:asterisk /var/run/asterisk
+        chmod 0775 /var/run/asterisk
+    fi
+}
 
 status() {
 	plist=`ps auxw | grep "$DAEMON" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | tr '\012' ' '`
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@
 	exit 0
 	;;
   start)
+	check_privsep_dir
 	if status > /dev/null; then
 		echo "$DESC is already running. Use restart."
 		exit 0
@@ -145,6 +150,7 @@
 	echo "."
 	;;
   reload)
+	check_privsep_dir
 	echo "Reloading $DESC configuration files."
 	$DAEMON -rx 'reload' || true
 	;;
@@ -156,6 +162,7 @@
 	$DAEMON -rx 'extensions reload' || true
 	;;
   restart|force-reload)
+	check_privsep_dir
 	$0 stop
 	$0 start
 	;;