[pulseaudio-discuss] PA 9.0, Failed to create secure directory

[Jason Gauthier]

I just installed PA from source on Debian Jessie.  I've done this
several times on other systems. But for some reason, when starting PA,
I am getting this error:

E: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory
(/opt/pulseaudio/var/lib/pulse): Permission denied

I am running as root, with --system, which for some reason seems to be related.


Logs leading up to this:
# /opt/pulseaudio/bin/pulseaudio --system --disallow-exit
--disallow-module-loading=0 --high-priority -v
W: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in system mode, but
--disallow-module-loading not set.
N: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in system mode, forcibly disabling SHM mode.
N: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in system mode, forcibly disabling
exit idle time.
I: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Found user 'pulse' (UID 114) and group 'pulse'
(GID 119).
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Successfully changed user to "pulse".
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: This is PulseAudio 9.0
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Machine ID is 584e19dc812d4e8f8d8b8ad244d8c6aa.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Session ID is 6.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using runtime directory /opt/pulseaudio/var/run/pulse.
E: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory
(/opt/pulseaudio/var/lib/pulse): Permission denied

Would appreciate any tips on what I can do to get this running.  Thanks!