Newbie starting up - with problem, of course; and questions

[Dale Grice]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Alan Buxey <A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> >        What startup script in Debian starts freeradius? I would like to
> add
> >        the -X option to it.
>
> why? just run 'radiusd -X' - as the main service script isnt designed
> to be run in foreground (it would be a standard backgrounded daemon
>
> >        My first problem is I can't get radtest to work. The only thing I
> have
> >        modified is the User file. I searched the FAQs and maillist
> archives
> >        to no avail.
> >        Top lines in User file:
> >        � � � � bob Cleartext-Password := "hello"
> >        � � � � Reply-Message = "Hello, BOB"
> >        � � � � testing Cleartext-Password := "password"
> >        � � � � Reply-Message = "Testing in Progress"
>
> you did tab indent the reply lines? ie
>
> username Cleartext-Password := "password"
>        Reply-Message = "This is a reply item"
>
>
> your debug shows no pacets arriving at the server
>
>
> alan
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Yes, I did indent the reply line. Found that out the hard way. I indented
the user line also. I'll take out the user name line indent and try that.

Dale


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Dale Grice

Staff Engineer, Lab Architect; Motorola
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