Hi, after several problems, i managed it to install Freeradius on our NFS Server (running Solaris 9). The NFS Server exports a part of his '/usr/local' - including freeradius - to our main LDAP Server and to the Failover Machine. Starting Freeradius on the main LDAP Server works - it authenticates our WLAN and VPN Users. But now i want it running on both directory servers to have a real Failover for Freeradius, too. So i modified the startscript (also exported via NFS on both machines) and added: RAD_CONF=$RADDBDIR/`/usr/bin/uname -n`_radiusd.conf RAD_PID=$rundir/`/usr/bin/uname -n`_radius.pid I have also copied the radiusd.conf to ldap_radiusd.conf and ldapFailover_radiusd.conf and modified both to call machine specific log and pid files. Recently, i have done the same with the Apache Web Server, and it works with the following lines in the start section of apachectl: $HTTPD -k $ARGV -f $HTTPD_CONF But how do i tell the radiusd to read another conf than the original radiusd.conf? Whatever i tried, the output was root@ldap<80> /etc/init.d/radius.server start -n Starting FreeRADIUS: Sat Oct 1 12:30:52 2005 : Info: Starting - reading configuration files ... Sat Oct 1 12:30:52 2005 : Error: Unable to open file "/usr/local/freeradius/etc/radiusd.conf": No such file or directory Sat Oct 1 12:30:52 2005 : Error: Errors reading radiusd.conf The uname works, here are some debug outputs: Reading configuration from /usr/local/freeradius/etc/ldap_radiusd.conf... Generating PID in /usr/local/freeradius/var/run/radiusd/ldap_radius.pid... Any Ideas or tipps? mit freundlichem Gruss, Wulf Kaiser IT Services Web Development | Database Administration Webmaster www.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de Zentrale Hard- und Softwarebeschaffung Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung Jahnstrasse 29 69120 Heidelberg Fon +49 6221 486560 Fax +49 6221 486561 Mobil +49 172 6235901