Hi, That was my first guess too, but no, I even tried to run it as root, The strace log : [root@Eliza ~]# strace -f -e open,stat radiusd open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/libcrypt.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/libssl.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/libcrypto.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/libresolv.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/usr/lib/libradius-1.0.5.so", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/usr/lib/libltdl.so.3", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/libcom_err.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/usr/lib/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY) = 3 Thu Jan 31 08:41:24 2008 : Info: Starting - reading configuration files ... open("/etc/raddb/radiusd.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/etc/raddb/proxy.conf", O_RDONLY) = 4 open("/etc/raddb/clients.conf", O_RDONLY) = 4 open("/etc/raddb/snmp.conf", O_RDONLY) = 4 open("/etc/raddb/eap.conf", O_RDONLY) = 4 open("/etc/raddb/sql.conf", O_RDONLY) = 4 open("/etc/raddb/dictionary", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary", O_RDONLY) = 4 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.compat", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.3com", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.3gpp", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.3gpp2", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.acc", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.alcatel", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.alteon", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.ascend", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.bay", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.bintec", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.cabletron", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.cisco", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.cisco.vpn5000", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.cisco.bbsm", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.colubris", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.erx", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.extreme", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.freeradius", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.foundry", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.gandalf", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.garderos", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.gemtek", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.itk", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.juniper", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.karlnet", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.livingston", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.localweb", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.microsoft", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.navini", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.nomadix", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.propel", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.quintum", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.redback", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.redcreek", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.shasta", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.shiva", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.sonicwall", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.springtide", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.telebit", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.trapeze", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.tunnel", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.usr", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.valemount", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.versanet", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.wispr", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.xedia", O_RDONLY) = 5 open("/etc/raddb/naslist", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/usr/local/var/log/radius/radius.log", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_APPEND, 0666) = 4 open("/etc/raddb/clients", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/etc/raddb/realms", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/etc/group", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/proc/sys/kernel/ngroups_max", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/etc/group", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/usr/local/var/log/radius/radius.log", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_APPEND, 0666) = 3 Process 10370 detached Nicolas INNOCENT Resp. Informatique Groupe Da Silva ----------------------------------------------------- Tél : 05 62 20 41 31 Fax : 05 62 20 60 04 @ : sysadmin@groupe-dasilva.com Site web : <http://www.dasilva.fr/> http://www.dasilva.fr/ ----------------------------------------------------- _____ De : freeradius-users-bounces+sysadmin=groupe-dasilva.com@lists.freeradius.org [mailto:freeradius-users-bounces+sysadmin=groupe-dasilva.com@lists.freeradiu s.org] De la part de Ranner, Frank MR Envoyé : jeudi 31 janvier 2008 03:05 À : FreeRadius users mailing list Objet : RE: radiusd service do not start [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] UNCLASSIFIED From: freeradius-users-bounces+frank.ranner=defence.gov.au@lists.freeradius.org [mailto:freeradius-users-bounces+frank.ranner=defence.gov.au@lists.freeradiu s.org] On Behalf Of Nicolas Sent: Thursday, 31 January 2008 03:04 To: freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org Subject: radiusd service do not start Hi, I installed freeradius to manage the wifi network of our organization (17 wifi ap) It works well when launched in command line (radiusd X), but I cant make it work as a service, Service radiusd start seems to work, but radius close immediately after, so a status will say that radiusd is dead, but subsys is locked. 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. Try: strace -f -e open,stat radiusd and look for lines with EPERM indicating files that failed to open because of permission fails. These will probably be owned by root. regards, Frank Ranner