yes I mistyped. /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl
The asterisk.conf file has nothing in it about " astrundir " settings.
I can not start asterisk to get to Asterisk CLI.
From what directory do I issue sudo /usr/sbin/asterisk etc. i issued it from root and it just sat there. Nothing happened.
Also. being real new, I am ignorant about script shell commands.
Thank you for the assist. I appreciate it.
Dave