hi, I installed FreeRADIUS Version 2.1.7 from the RPM package that is included with Fedora core 12. The server starts without errors and authentication is working fine. The problem I am having is with the radwatch displays no output and radtest fails. output of the radtest --------------------- [root@dia ~]# radtest rsa hello localhost 1812 testing123 Sending Access-Request of id 42 to ::1 port 1812 User-Name = "rsa" User-Password = "hello" NAS-IP-Address = 127.0.0.1 NAS-Port = 1812 Sending Access-Request of id 42 to ::1 port 1812 User-Name = "rsa" User-Password = "hello" NAS-IP-Address = 127.0.0.1 NAS-Port = 1812 Sending Access-Request of id 42 to ::1 port 1812 User-Name = "rsa" User-Password = "hello" NAS-IP-Address = 127.0.0.1 NAS-Port = 1812 radclient: no response from server for ID 42 socket 3 [root@dia ~]# output of radwho ----------------- [root@dia raddb]# radwho Login Name What TTY When From Location [root@dia raddb]# [root@dia ~]# radwatch A radiusd process already exists [root@dia ~]# I have also attached the output of radiusd -X any help would be greatly appreciated _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail: Your friends can get your Facebook updates, right from Hotmail®. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/soc...