```
$ PHACILITY_INSTANCE=local ./bin/phd start
Freeing active task leases...
Freed 0 task lease(s).
Preparing to launch daemons.
NOTE: Logs will appear in '/Users/epriestley/dev/core//log/local/phd/daemons.log'.
Starting daemons as epriestley
Launching daemon "PhabricatorRepositoryPullLocalDaemon".
sudo command failed. Starting daemon as current user
[2014-12-23 14:05:26] EXCEPTION: (CommandException) Command failed with error #255!
COMMAND
exec ./phd-daemon 'PhabricatorRepositoryPullLocalDaemon' --daemonize --log='/Users/epriestley/dev/core//log/local/phd/daemons.log' --phd='/Users/epriestley/dev/core//run/local/phd'
STDOUT
(empty)
STDERR
[2014-12-23 14:05:26] EXCEPTION: (Exception) Specified daemon PID directory ('/Users/epriestley/dev/core//run/local/phd') does not exist or is not writable by the daemon user! at [<phutil>/src/daemon/PhutilDaemonOverseer.php:139]
#0 PhutilDaemonOverseer::__construct(array) called at [<phabricator>/scripts/daemon/launch_daemon.php:26]
at [<phutil>/src/future/exec/ExecFuture.php:397]
#0 ExecFuture::resolvex() called at [<phabricator>/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php:251]
#1 PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow::executeDaemonLaunchCommand(PhutilCommandString, string) called at [<phabricator>/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php:230]
#2 PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow::launchDaemon(string, array, boolean) called at [<phabricator>/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php:339]
#3 PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow::executeStartCommand(boolean) called at [<phabricator>/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementStartWorkflow.php:26]
#4 PhabricatorDaemonManagementStartWorkflow::execute(PhutilArgumentParser) called at [<phutil>/src/parser/argument/PhutilArgumentParser.php:394]
#5 PhutilArgumentParser::parseWorkflowsFull(array) called at [<phutil>/src/parser/argument/PhutilArgumentParser.php:290]
#6 PhutilArgumentParser::parseWorkflows(array) called at [<phabricator>/scripts/daemon/manage_daemons.php:23]
```