AlexDreadd wrote:
I've tried doing a yum install of freeRadius on a centos 5 machine, but the latest version I could get was 1.1.3, which is no longer supported, and doesn't work properly for my needs.
FR 1.1.3 with mysql 5 gives me these errors: Error: rlm_sql (sql): stop packet with zero session length. Info: rlm_sql (sql): There are no DB handles to use! skipped 0, tried to connect 0
So I was hoping that updating might fix this problem, only to find that I can't seem to find an update for my machine. If not via yum, at least is there a repo or RPM for getting it on the CentOS? -Alex
The reason you can't find a more recent version for centos 5 is because that is an enterprise distribution which in the interest of stability does not introduce new versions of packages. However, you should be able to build a current Fedora RPM on a centos (e.g. RHEL) OS. You can find the fedora source rpm's on Koji http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji The most recent Fedora 9 version is here: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=53909 Download the source rpm (filename ends with .src.rpm) Install the src rpm % rpm -ihv freeradius-XXX.src.rpm Then build the src rpm with rpmbuild % rpmbuild -ba XXX/freeradius.spec Then install the resulting binary rpm's NOTE: The Fedora src rpms's were never meant to build on RHEL (centos), you may encounter build problems as a consequence. YMMV, you're on your own :-) -- John Dennis <jdennis@redhat.com>