hi, ....and fearing some nasty old config option lurking...i moved config out of way and did a fresh install. same result: radiusd: FreeRADIUS Version 3.0.0 (git #da56f0f), for host i686-pc-linux-gnu, built on Feb 19 2013 at 23:11:19 Copyright (C) 1999-2013 The FreeRADIUS server project and contributors. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You may redistribute copies of FreeRADIUS under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYRIGHT. Starting - reading configuration files ... including configuration file /etc/raddb/radiusd.conf including configuration file /etc/raddb/proxy.conf including configuration file /etc/raddb/clients.conf including files in directory /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/ including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/echo including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/detail including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/cache_eap including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/soh including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/attr_filter including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/checkval including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/sradutmp including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/dynamic_clients including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/unix including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/ntlm_auth including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/pap including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/digest including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/expiration including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/chap including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/wimax including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/mschap including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/linelog including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/eap including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/expr including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/inner-eap including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/attr_rewrite including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/counter including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/exec including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/logintime including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/dhcp including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/files including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/utf8 including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/realm including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/cui including configuration file /etc/raddb/sql/cui/mysql/queries.conf including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/always including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/replicate including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/passwd including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/detail.log including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/radutmp including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/preprocess including files in directory /etc/raddb/policy.d/ including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/canonicalization including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/accounting including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/operator-name including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/eap including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/filter including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/dhcp including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/cui including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/control including files in directory /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/ including configuration file /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default including configuration file /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/inner-tunnel main { security { allow_core_dumps = no } } including dictionary file /etc/raddb/dictionary main { name = "radiusd" prefix = "/usr" localstatedir = "/usr/var" sbindir = "/usr/sbin" logdir = "/usr/var/log/radius" run_dir = "/usr/var/run/radiusd" libdir = "/usr/lib" radacctdir = "/usr/var/log/radius/radacct" hostname_lookups = no max_request_time = 30 cleanup_delay = 5 max_requests = 1024 pidfile = "/usr/var/run/radiusd/radiusd.pid" checkrad = "/usr/sbin/checkrad" debug_level = 0 proxy_requests = yes log { stripped_names = no auth = no auth_badpass = no auth_goodpass = no colourise = yes } security { max_attributes = 200 reject_delay = 1 status_server = yes } } radiusd: #### Loading Realms and Home Servers #### proxy server { retry_delay = 5 retry_count = 3 default_fallback = no dead_time = 120 wake_all_if_all_dead = no } home_server localhost { ipaddr = 127.0.0.1 port = 1812 type = "auth" secret = "testing123" response_window = 20 max_outstanding = 65536 zombie_period = 40 status_check = "status-server" ping_interval = 30 check_interval = 30 num_answers_to_alive = 3 revive_interval = 120 status_check_timeout = 4 coa { irt = 2 mrt = 16 mrc = 5 mrd = 30 } limit { max_connections = 16 max_requests = 0 lifetime = 0 idle_timeout = 0 } } home_server_pool my_auth_failover { type = fail-over home_server = localhost } realm example.com { auth_pool = my_auth_failover } realm LOCAL { } radiusd: #### Loading Clients #### client localhost { ipaddr = 127.0.0.1 require_message_authenticator = no secret = "testing123" nastype = "other" proto = "*" limit { max_connections = 16 lifetime = 0 idle_timeout = 30 } } radiusd: #### Instantiating modules #### instantiate { Module: Linked to module rlm_exec Module: Instantiating module "exec" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/exec exec { wait = no input_pairs = "request" shell_escape = yes } Module: Linked to module rlm_expr Module: Instantiating module "expr" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/expr expr { safe-characters = "@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789.-_: /" } Module: Linked to module rlm_dhcp Module: Instantiating module "dhcp" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/dhcp Module: Linked to module rlm_expiration Module: Instantiating module "expiration" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/expiration expiration { reply-message = "Password Has Expired " } Module: Linked to module rlm_logintime Module: Instantiating module "logintime" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/logintime logintime { reply-message = "You are calling outside your allowed timespan " minimum-timeout = 60 } } radiusd: #### Loading Virtual Servers #### server { # from file /etc/raddb/radiusd.conf modules { } # modules } # server server default { # from file /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default modules { Module: Creating Auth-Type = digest Module: Checking authenticate {...} for more modules to load Module: Linked to module rlm_pap Module: Instantiating module "pap" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/pap pap { auto_header = no } Module: Linked to module rlm_chap Module: Instantiating module "chap" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/chap Module: Linked to module rlm_mschap Module: Instantiating module "mschap" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/mschap mschap { use_mppe = yes require_encryption = no require_strong = no with_ntdomain_hack = yes passchange { } allow_retry = yes } Module: Linked to module rlm_digest Module: Instantiating module "digest" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/digest Module: Linked to module rlm_unix Module: Instantiating module "unix" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/unix unix { radwtmp = "/usr/var/log/radius/radwtmp" } Module: Linked to module rlm_eap Module: Instantiating module "eap" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/eap eap { default_eap_type = "md5" timer_expire = 60 ignore_unknown_eap_types = no cisco_accounting_username_bug = no max_sessions = 4096 } Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_md5 Module: Instantiating eap-md5 Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_leap Module: Instantiating eap-leap Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_gtc Module: Instantiating eap-gtc gtc { challenge = "Password: " auth_type = "PAP" } Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_tls Module: Instantiating eap-tls tls { tls = "tls-common" type 3590506 not supported yet } rlm_eap: Failed to initialize type tls /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/eap[17]: Instantiation failed for module "eap" /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default[463]: Failed to find "eap" in the "modules" section. /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default[405]: Errors parsing authenticate section. alan