hi everybody im trying to set up freeradius but i cant advance anymore because of this silly error. all information you need to know are down below. i might not see the wood for the trees, so please be easy on me! :-) # freeradius -X Starting - reading configuration files ... reread_config: reading radiusd.conf Config: including file: /etc/freeradius/proxy.conf Config: including file: /etc/freeradius/clients.conf Config: including file: /etc/freeradius/snmp.conf Config: including file: /etc/freeradius/eap.conf Config: including file: /etc/freeradius/sql.conf main: prefix = "/usr" main: localstatedir = "/var" main: logdir = "/var/log/freeradius" main: libdir = "/usr/lib/freeradius" main: radacctdir = "/var/log/freeradius/radacct" main: hostname_lookups = no main: max_request_time = 30 main: cleanup_delay = 5 main: max_requests = 1024 main: delete_blocked_requests = 0 main: port = 0 main: allow_core_dumps = no main: log_stripped_names = no main: log_file = "/var/log/freeradius/radius.log" main: log_auth = yes main: log_auth_badpass = yes main: log_auth_goodpass = yes main: pidfile = "/var/run/freeradius/freeradius.pid" main: user = "freerad" main: group = "shadow" main: usercollide = no main: lower_user = "no" main: lower_pass = "no" main: nospace_user = "no" main: nospace_pass = "no" main: checkrad = "/usr/sbin/checkrad" main: proxy_requests = no proxy: retry_delay = 5 proxy: retry_count = 3 proxy: synchronous = no proxy: default_fallback = yes proxy: dead_time = 120 proxy: post_proxy_authorize = yes proxy: wake_all_if_all_dead = no security: max_attributes = 200 security: reject_delay = 1 security: status_server = no main: debug_level = 0 read_config_files: reading dictionary read_config_files: reading naslist Using deprecated naslist file. Support for this will go away soon. read_config_files: reading clients read_config_files: reading realms radiusd: entering modules setup Module: Library search path is /usr/lib/freeradius Module: Loaded exec exec: wait = yes exec: program = "(null)" exec: input_pairs = "request" exec: output_pairs = "(null)" exec: packet_type = "(null)" rlm_exec: Wait=yes but no output defined. Did you mean output=none? Module: Instantiated exec (exec) Module: Loaded expr Module: Instantiated expr (expr) Module: Loaded System unix: cache = no unix: passwd = "(null)" unix: shadow = "/etc/shadow" unix: group = "(null)" unix: radwtmp = "/var/log/freeradius/radwtmp" unix: usegroup = no unix: cache_reload = 600 Module: Instantiated unix (unix) Module: Loaded files files: usersfile = "/etc/freeradius/users" files: acctusersfile = "/etc/freeradius/acct_users" files: preproxy_usersfile = "/etc/freeradius/preproxy_users" files: compat = "no" Couldn't open /etc/freeradius/users for reading: Permission denied Errors reading /etc/freeradius/users radiusd.conf[1035]: files: Module instantiation failed. # ls -lha /etc/freeradius total 244K drwxr-s--- 3 root freerad 4.0K 2005-11-10 14:47 . drwxr-xr-x 71 root root 4.0K 2005-11-10 16:29 .. -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 422 2005-10-16 14:02 acct_users -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 4.0K 2005-10-16 14:02 attrs drwxr-s--- 3 freerad freerad 4.0K 2005-11-10 12:41 certs -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 189 2005-10-16 14:02 clients -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 2.9K 2005-10-16 14:02 clients.conf -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 929 2005-10-16 14:02 dictionary -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 8.9K 2005-10-16 14:02 eap.conf -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 8.1K 2005-10-16 14:02 experimental.conf -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 2.4K 2005-10-16 14:02 hints -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 1.6K 2005-10-16 14:02 huntgroups -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 2.3K 2005-10-16 14:02 ldap.attrmap -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 9.2K 2005-10-16 14:02 mssql.conf -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 1020 2005-10-16 14:02 naslist -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 856 2005-10-16 14:02 naspasswd -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 12K 2005-10-16 14:02 oraclesql.conf -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 15K 2005-10-16 14:02 postgresql.conf -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 1.1K 2005-10-16 14:02 preproxy_users -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 8.7K 2005-10-16 14:02 proxy.conf -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 57K 2005-11-10 20:17 radiusd.conf -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 187 2005-10-16 14:02 realms -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 1.4K 2005-10-16 14:02 snmp.conf -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 14K 2005-10-16 14:02 sql.conf -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 6.8K 2005-11-10 20:03 users -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 7.1K 2005-10-16 14:02 x99.conf -rw-r----- 1 freerad freerad 4.1K 2005-10-16 14:02 x99passwd.sample