Run it under truss (solaris) or strace (linux) and see whiy it terminates. truss - t open,stat -f radiusd strace -e open,stat,access -f radiusd Check for EPERM errors, indicating permission problems on files or directories. If it doesn't show anything, trace everything, put put the result in a file: truss {or strace} -o /tmp/radiusd.out -f radiusd regards, Frank Ranner ________________________________ From: freeradius-users-bounces+frank.ranner=defence.gov.au@lists.freeradius.or g [mailto:freeradius-users-bounces+frank.ranner=defence.gov.au@lists.freer adius.org] On Behalf Of Herman Swensson Sent: Thursday, 23 November 2006 07:53 To: freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org Subject: problem with starting radiusd I am using freeradius version 1.1.0 When I start radiusd -X then it works , I can log in ps aux | grep radiusd radius 24504 0.4 0.5 6712 2968 pts/1 S 21:50 0:00 radiusd -X root 24508 0.0 0.1 3872 728 pts/0 S 21:50 0:00 grep radiusd When I start it as radiusd Wed Nov 22 21:49:34 2006 : Info: Starting - reading configuration files ... But I can not log in ps aux | grep radiusd root 24512 0.0 0.1 3736 708 pts/0 R 21:51 0:00 grep radiusd what do I wrong regards, Herman -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.14.12/544 - Release Date: 21-11-2006 16:59