Freeradius (packetfence) - Error binding to port for 127.0.0.1 port 18121

21 Mar 2022


      Hi all,
The following is the debug output and the error I noticed in the freeradius

*freeradius -X*
radiusd: #### Opening IP addresses and Ports ####
listen {
        type = "auth"
        ipaddr = 127.0.0.1
        port = 18120
}
listen {
        type = "auth"
        ipaddr = *
        port = 0
   limit {
        max_connections = 16
        lifetime = 0
        idle_timeout = 30
   }
Failed binding to auth address * port 1812 bound to server default: Address
already in use
/etc/freeradius/sites-enabled/default[59]: Error binding to port for
0.0.0.0 port 1812

*/usr/sbin/freeradius -d /usr/local/pf/raddb -n auth -fxx -l stdout*
auth: #### Opening IP addresses and Ports ####
listen {
        type = "status"
        virtual_server = "status"
        ipaddr = 127.0.0.1
        port = 18121
Failed binding to status address 127.0.0.1 port 18121 bound to server
status: Address already in use
/usr/local/pf/raddb/auth.conf[7]: Error binding to port for 127.0.0.1 port
18121

Regards,
Thirunavukkarasu

Freeradius (packetfence) - Error binding to port for 127.0.0.1 port 18121

P.Thirunavukkarasu