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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
freeradius-users-bounces+frank.ranner=defence.gov.au@lists.freeradius.org
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<B>On Behalf Of </B>Nicolas<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 31 January 2008
03:04<BR><B>To:</B> freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org<BR><B>Subject:</B>
radiusd service do not start<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I installed freeradius to manage the
wifi network of our organization (17 wifi ap)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It works well when launched in
command line (radiusd –X), but I can’t make it work as a
service,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">‘Service radiusd start’ seems to
work, but radius close immediately after, so a status will say that radiusd is
dead, but subsys is locked.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=350543804-13112007>That indicates a permissions problem. When you run
radiusd -X it runs as root. When you start as a service it switches to the user
specified in radiusd.conf, usually radiusd.</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=350543804-13112007></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=350543804-13112007>Try: </SPAN></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=350543804-13112007>strace -f -e open,stat
radiusd</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=350543804-13112007>and look for lines with EPERM indicating files that
failed to open because of permission fails. These will probably be owned by
root.</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=350543804-13112007></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=350543804-13112007>regards,</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=350543804-13112007>Frank
Ranner</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>