RE: Freeradius start at boot

1 Oct 2009

      Thu Oct  1 08:44:52 2009 : Error: Failed binding to authentication address * port 1812: Address already in use
Thu Oct  1 08:44:52 2009 : Error: /etc/raddb/radiusd.conf[240]: Error binding to port for 0.0.0.0 port 1812

Sounds like something is already using the port. You need to find out what it is and stop it. Check /etc/rc.d/rc3.d and see if there are two links to radius servers. Could be the first one is being started and the second instance fails because the port was bound.

From: freeradius-users-bounces+jmdanner=samford.edu@lists.freeradius.org [mailto:freeradius-users-bounces+jmdanner=samford.edu@lists.freeradius.org] On Behalf Of Paul Blalock
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:18 AM
To: freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org
Subject: Re: Freeradius start at boot

So I have gone through all the responses and will post everything asked for here.

My user account is not in the sudoers list, not sure how to add it and not sure if this is a problem since I use "su" and then issued the sudo commands.

When I log into the box as a user, not root, radiusd auto starts, but does not start, until I log in as a user.

service radiusd status
radiusd (pid 1444) is running...

/var/log/radius/radius.log
Thu Oct  1 08:44:52 2009 : Info: Loaded virtual server inner-tunnel
Thu Oct  1 08:44:52 2009 : Info: Loaded virtual server <default>
Thu Oct  1 08:44:52 2009 : Error: Failed binding to authentication address * port 1812: Address already in use
Thu Oct  1 08:44:52 2009 : Error: /etc/raddb/radiusd.conf[240]: Error binding to port for 0.0.0.0 port 1812
Thu Oct  1 08:44:58 2009 : Info: Loaded virtual server inner-tunnel
Thu Oct  1 08:44:58 2009 : Info: Loaded virtual server <default>
Thu Oct  1 08:44:58 2009 : Error: Failed binding to authentication address * port 1812: Address already in use
Thu Oct  1 08:44:58 2009 : Error: /etc/raddb/radiusd.conf[240]: Error binding to port for 0.0.0.0 port 1812
Thu Oct  1 08:45:03 2009 : Info: Exiting normally.
Thu Oct  1 08:45:07 2009 : Info: Loaded virtual server inner-tunnel
Thu Oct  1 08:45:07 2009 : Info: Loaded virtual server <default>
Thu Oct  1 08:45:07 2009 : Info: Ready to process requests.
Thu Oct  1 08:48:27 2009 : Info: Exiting normally.
Thu Oct  1 08:49:08 2009 : Info: Loaded virtual server inner-tunnel
Thu Oct  1 08:49:08 2009 : Info: Loaded virtual server <default>
Thu Oct  1 08:49:08 2009 : Info: Ready to process requests.

radiusd -X
FreeRADIUS Version 2.1.7, for host i386-redhat-linux-gnu, built on Sep 15 2009 at 11:31:29
Copyright (C) 1999-2009 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 v2.
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/modules/
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/logintime
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/detail.log
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/attr_filter
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/files
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/mschap
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/smbpasswd
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/ippool
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/sql_log
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/chap
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/etc_group
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/preprocess
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/sqlcounter_expire_on_login
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/perl
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/detail
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/digest
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/passwd
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/echo
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/linelog
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/counter
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/otp
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/exec
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/policy
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/sradutmp
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/detail.example.com<http://detail.example.com>
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/checkval
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/pap
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/always
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/acct_unique
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/radutmp
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/attr_rewrite
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/pam
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/expr
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/realm
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/expiration
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/mac2vlan
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/mac2ip
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/wimax
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/unix
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/cui
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/inner-eap
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/smsotp
including configuration file /etc/raddb/eap.conf
including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.conf
including files in directory /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/
including configuration file /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default
including configuration file /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/control-socket
including configuration file /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/inner-tunnel
group = radiusd
user = radiusd
including dictionary file /etc/raddb/dictionary
main {
    prefix = "/usr"
    localstatedir = "/var"
    logdir = "/var/log/radius"
    libdir = "/usr/lib/freeradius"
    radacctdir = "/var/log/radius/radacct"
    hostname_lookups = no
    max_request_time = 30
    cleanup_delay = 5
    max_requests = 1024
    allow_core_dumps = no
    pidfile = "/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
 }
 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
    require_message_authenticator = no
    zombie_period = 40
    status_check = "status-server"
    ping_interval = 30
    check_interval = 30
    num_answers_to_alive = 3
    num_pings_to_alive = 3
    revive_interval = 120
    status_check_timeout = 4
    irt = 2
    mrt = 16
    mrc = 5
    mrd = 30
 }
 home_server_pool my_auth_failover {
    type = fail-over
    home_server = localhost
 }
 realm example.com<http://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"
 }
 client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/24 {
    require_message_authenticator = no
    secret = "xxxxxxxx"
    shortname = "Halfd-Radius"
    nastype = "cisco"
 }
radiusd: #### Instantiating modules ####
 instantiate {
 Module: Linked to module rlm_exec
 Module: Instantiating exec
  exec {
    wait = no
    input_pairs = "request"
    shell_escape = yes
  }
 Module: Linked to module rlm_expr
 Module: Instantiating expr
 Module: Linked to module rlm_expiration
 Module: Instantiating expiration
  expiration {
    reply-message = "Password Has Expired  "
  }
 Module: Linked to module rlm_logintime
 Module: Instantiating logintime
  logintime {
    reply-message = "You are calling outside your allowed timespan  "
    minimum-timeout = 60
  }
 }
radiusd: #### Loading Virtual Servers ####
server inner-tunnel {
 modules {
 Module: Checking authenticate {...} for more modules to load
 Module: Linked to module rlm_pap
 Module: Instantiating pap
  pap {
    encryption_scheme = "auto"
    auto_header = no
  }
 Module: Linked to module rlm_chap
 Module: Instantiating chap
 Module: Linked to module rlm_mschap
 Module: Instantiating mschap
  mschap {
    use_mppe = yes
    require_encryption = no
    require_strong = no
    with_ntdomain_hack = no
  }
 Module: Linked to module rlm_unix
 Module: Instantiating unix
  unix {
    radwtmp = "/var/log/radius/radwtmp"
  }
 Module: Linked to module rlm_eap
 Module: Instantiating eap
  eap {
    default_eap_type = "peap"
    timer_expire = 60
    ignore_unknown_eap_types = no
    cisco_accounting_username_bug = no
    max_sessions = 2048
  }
 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 {
    rsa_key_exchange = no
    dh_key_exchange = yes
    rsa_key_length = 512
    dh_key_length = 512
    verify_depth = 0
    pem_file_type = yes
    private_key_file = "/etc/raddb/certs/server.pem"
    certificate_file = "/etc/raddb/certs/server.pem"
    CA_file = "/etc/raddb/certs/ca.pem"
    private_key_password = "whatever"
    dh_file = "/etc/raddb/certs/dh"
    random_file = "/etc/raddb/certs/random"
    fragment_size = 1024
    include_length = yes
    check_crl = no
    cipher_list = "DEFAULT"
    make_cert_command = "/etc/raddb/certs/bootstrap"
    cache {
    enable = no
    lifetime = 24
    max_entries = 255
    }
   }
 Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_ttls
 Module: Instantiating eap-ttls
   ttls {
    default_eap_type = "md5"
    copy_request_to_tunnel = no
    use_tunneled_reply = no
    virtual_server = "inner-tunnel"
    include_length = yes
   }
 Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_peap
 Module: Instantiating eap-peap
   peap {
    default_eap_type = "mschapv2"
    copy_request_to_tunnel = no
    use_tunneled_reply = no
    proxy_tunneled_request_as_eap = yes
    virtual_server = "inner-tunnel"
   }
 Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_mschapv2
 Module: Instantiating eap-mschapv2
   mschapv2 {
    with_ntdomain_hack = no
   }
 Module: Checking authorize {...} for more modules to load
 Module: Linked to module rlm_realm
 Module: Instantiating suffix
  realm suffix {
    format = "suffix"
    delimiter = "@"
    ignore_default = no
    ignore_null = no
  }
 Module: Linked to module rlm_files
 Module: Instantiating files
  files {
    usersfile = "/etc/raddb/users"
    acctusersfile = "/etc/raddb/acct_users"
    preproxy_usersfile = "/etc/raddb/preproxy_users"
    compat = "no"
  }
 Module: Checking session {...} for more modules to load
 Module: Linked to module rlm_radutmp
 Module: Instantiating radutmp
  radutmp {
    filename = "/var/log/radius/radutmp"
    username = "%{User-Name}"
    case_sensitive = yes
    check_with_nas = yes
    perm = 384
    callerid = yes
  }
 Module: Checking post-proxy {...} for more modules to load
 Module: Checking post-auth {...} for more modules to load
 Module: Linked to module rlm_attr_filter
 Module: Instantiating attr_filter.access_reject
  attr_filter attr_filter.access_reject {
    attrsfile = "/etc/raddb/attrs.access_reject"
    key = "%{User-Name}"
  }
 } # modules
} # server
server {
 modules {
 Module: Checking authenticate {...} for more modules to load
 Module: Checking authorize {...} for more modules to load
 Module: Linked to module rlm_preprocess
 Module: Instantiating preprocess
  preprocess {
    huntgroups = "/etc/raddb/huntgroups"
    hints = "/etc/raddb/hints"
    with_ascend_hack = no
    ascend_channels_per_line = 23
    with_ntdomain_hack = no
    with_specialix_jetstream_hack = no
    with_cisco_vsa_hack = no
    with_alvarion_vsa_hack = no
  }
 Module: Checking preacct {...} for more modules to load
 Module: Linked to module rlm_acct_unique
 Module: Instantiating acct_unique
  acct_unique {
    key = "User-Name, Acct-Session-Id, NAS-IP-Address, Client-IP-Address, NAS-Port"
  }
 Module: Checking accounting {...} for more modules to load
 Module: Linked to module rlm_detail
 Module: Instantiating detail
  detail {
    detailfile = "/var/log/radius/radacct/%{Client-IP-Address}/detail-%Y%m%d"
    header = "%t"
    detailperm = 384
    dirperm = 493
    locking = no
    log_packet_header = no
  }
 Module: Instantiating attr_filter.accounting_response
  attr_filter attr_filter.accounting_response {
    attrsfile = "/etc/raddb/attrs.accounting_response"
    key = "%{User-Name}"
  }
 Module: Checking session {...} for more modules to load
 Module: Checking post-proxy {...} for more modules to load
 Module: Checking post-auth {...} for more modules to load
 } # modules
} # server
radiusd: #### Opening IP addresses and Ports ####
listen {
    type = "auth"
    ipaddr = *
    port = 0
Failed binding to authentication address * port 1812: Address already in use
/etc/raddb/radiusd.conf[240]: Error binding to port for 0.0.0.0 port 1812

As far as bootstrapping is concerned, I do not recall if the first time I started the service if I was logged in as root or if it was by using the radiusd -X command. I should have been logged in as root, but not sure.

--
Paul Blalock

RE: Freeradius start at boot

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