[Serusers] SER/FIFO not accessible

I am new to SER. I have installed SER 0.9.6-2 on a fresh Kubuntu server using apt. I have been able to get SER to run using the sample ser.cfg files (only changing module paths from /usr/local/lib... to /usr/lib/...). I am trying to setup the mysql support. In a nutshell, when I run serctl I get an error: # serctl add sbelt(a)ser.mytestsite.com sbelt sbelt(a)mytestsite.com MySql password: (here I enter 42serro11) error: SER/FIFO not accessible: 2 # Am I using the correct password? I am not sure which Mysql Password is being requested here. I have also tried the mysql root password with the same result. I have seen other posts similar that seem to indicate it is permissions on the /tmp directory. I tried adding to ser.cfg fifo_mode=0777. I have verified the current user can write to the /tmp directory. Frankly, I do not know if this /tmp/ser_fifo is all a red herring. Thanks for any help on how I can figure out what I am doing wrong. Steve B. Here is my ser.cfg # $Id: ser.cfg,v 1.25.2.1 2005/02/18 14:30:44 andrei Exp $ # # simple quick-start config script # # ----------- global configuration parameters ------------------------ debug=3 fork=no log_stderror=yes listen=192.168.32.103 # put your server IP address here port=5060 children=4 dns=no rev_dns=no fifo="/tmp/ser_fifo" fifo_mode=0777 fifo_db_url="mysql://serro:47serro11@localhost/ser" loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/mysql.so" loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/sl.so" loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/tm.so" loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/rr.so" loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/maxfwd.so" loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/usrloc.so" loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/registrar.so" loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/uri_db.so" loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/auth.so" loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/auth_db.so" modparam("auth_db|uri_db|usrloc", "db_url", "mysql://serro:47serro11@localhost/ser") modparam("auth_db", "calculate_ha1", 1) modparam("auth_db", "password_column", "password") modparam("usrloc", "db_mode", 2) modparam("rr", "enable_full_lr", 1) route { # ----------------------------------------------------------------- # Sanity Check Section # ----------------------------------------------------------------- if (!mf_process_maxfwd_header("10")) { sl_send_reply("483", "Too Many Hops"); break; }; if (msg:len > max_len) { sl_send_reply("513", "Message Overflow"); break; }; # ----------------------------------------------------------------- # Record Route Section # ----------------------------------------------------------------- if (method!="REGISTER") { record_route(); }; # ----------------------------------------------------------------- # Loose Route Section # ----------------------------------------------------------------- if (loose_route()) { route(1); break; }; # ----------------------------------------------------------------- # Call Type Processing Section # ----------------------------------------------------------------- if (uri!=myself) { route(1); break; }; if (method=="ACK") { route(1); break; } else if (method=="INVITE") { route(3); break; } else if (method=="REGISTER") { route(2); break; }; lookup("aliases"); if (uri!=myself) { route(1); break; }; if (!lookup("location")) { sl_send_reply("404", "User Not Found"); break; }; route(1); } route[1] { # ----------------------------------------------------------------- # Default Message Handler # ----------------------------------------------------------------- if (!t_relay()) { sl_reply_error(); }; } route[2] { # ----------------------------------------------------------------- # REGISTER Message Handler # ---------------------------------------------------------------- sl_send_reply("100", "Trying"); if (!www_authorize("","subscriber")) { www_challenge("","0"); break; }; if (!check_to()) { sl_send_reply("401", "Unauthorized"); break; }; consume_credentials(); if (!save("location")) { sl_reply_error(); }; } route[3] { # ----------------------------------------------------------------- # INVITE Message Handler # ----------------------------------------------------------------- if (!proxy_authorize("","subscriber")) { proxy_challenge("","0"); break; } else if (!check_from()) { sl_send_reply("403", "Use From=ID"); break; }; consume_credentials(); lookup("aliases"); if (uri!=myself) { route(1); break; }; if (!lookup("location")) { sl_send_reply("404", "User Not Found"); break; }; route(1); }