Hello All - A newbie I am so please be patient with me. I am a Junior Network Admin who has unexpectedly inherited a Senior Admin position. I also inherited a problem with our Radius servers. We are running freeradius-1.1.3-1.2.el5.i386. Our Network backup daemon (Rancid) logs in to each network device on the hour to check for changes, backup the configs, etc... The radius server crashes after a period of time. I think the Rancid service is crashing it. When I log into the box running the radius server, and check the running processes associated with radius, I get: radiusd 21873 1 0 05:01 ? 00:00:05 /usr/sbin/radiusd -y radiusd 22006 21873 0 05:41 ? 00:00:00 [netstat] <defunct> radiusd 22115 21873 0 06:40 ? 00:00:00 [netstat] <defunct> radiusd 22417 21873 0 07:40 ? 00:00:00 [netstat] <defunct> radiusd 22612 21873 0 08:41 ? 00:00:00 [netstat] <defunct> radiusd 22937 21873 0 10:41 ? 00:00:00 [netstat] <defunct> root 23300 23197 0 12:14 pts/0 00:00:00 grep rad The radius server(s) are running on Centos 5 if that makes a difference. After these "defunct" processes build up to about 10 or 12... Radius no work. Boss get mad. I've searched the net and found no answers... If the answer to my problem is painfully obvious, please remember that I started this email with a declaration of newbness. Centos 5 Chris Bell Systems CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email including any attachments, contains confidential information belonging to the sender. It may also be privileged or otherwise protected by work product immunity or other legal rules. This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this emailed information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify us by reply email of the error and then delete this email immediately.