modules' instantiation failing (files)

[Pedro Figueiredo]

hi all,

i need to send different lns configuration in a round-robin fashion.  
in order to do this, i added the following to modules:

         files rra {
                 userfile = ${confdir}/users.rr1
                 acctusersfile = ${confdir}/acct_users
                 preproxy_usersfile = ${confdir}/preproxy_users
                 compat = no
         }
         files rrb {
                 userfile = ${confdir}/users.rr2
                 acctusersfile = ${confdir}/acct_users
                 preproxy_usersfile = ${confdir}/preproxy_users
                 compat = no
         }

and then in authorize:

                         redundant-load-balance {
                                 rra
                                 rrb
                                 ok = 1
                         }

freeradius is picking the right module, alternating between them on  
each request. the problem is in the instantiation of the modules,  
where i'm getting the following:

Module: Instantiated files (rra)
files: usersfile = "/etc/freeradius-dev/users"
files: acctusersfile = "/etc/freeradius-dev/acct_users"
files: preproxy_usersfile = "/etc/freeradius-dev/preproxy_users"
files: compat = "no"
Module: Instantiated files (rrb)
files: usersfile = "/etc/freeradius-dev/users"
files: acctusersfile = "/etc/freeradius-dev/acct_users"
files: preproxy_usersfile = "/etc/freeradius-dev/preproxy_users"
files: compat = "no"

as you can see, it's not reading the files i told it to read.  
confirmed with strace, just to be on the safe side:

write(1, "Module: Instantiated files (rra)"..., 34Module:  
Instantiated files (rra)) = 34
write(1, " files: usersfile = \"/etc/freera"..., 48 files: usersfile  
= "/etc/freeradius-dev/users") = 48
write(1, " files: acctusersfile = \"/etc/fr"..., 57 files:  
acctusersfile = "/etc/freeradius-dev/acct_users") = 57
write(1, " files: preproxy_usersfile = \"/e"..., 66 files:  
preproxy_usersfile = "/etc/freeradius-dev/preproxy_users") = 66
write(1, " files: compat = \"no\"\n", 22 files: compat = "no") = 22
open("/etc/freeradius-dev/users", O_RDONLY) = 6
fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0640, st_size=1880, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,  
0) = 0x2a973c3000
read(6, "# Simplify the Tunneling rules t"..., 4096) = 1880
read(6, "", 4096)                       = 0
read(6, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(6)                                = 0
munmap(0x2a973c3000, 4096)              = 0
open("/etc/freeradius-dev/acct_users", O_RDONLY) = 6
fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0640, st_size=532, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,  
0) = 0x2a973c3000
read(6, "#\n#\t$Id: acct_users,v 1.4 2003/0"..., 4096) = 532
read(6, "", 4096)                       = 0
read(6, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(6)                                = 0
munmap(0x2a973c3000, 4096)              = 0
open("/etc/freeradius-dev/preproxy_users", O_RDONLY) = 6
fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0640, st_size=1039, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,  
0) = 0x2a973c3000
read(6, "#\n#  Configuration file for the "..., 4096) = 1039
read(6, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(6)                                = 0
munmap(0x2a973c3000, 4096)              = 0
write(1, "Module: Instantiated files (rrb)"..., 34Module:  
Instantiated files (rrb)) = 34
write(1, " files: usersfile = \"/etc/freera"..., 48 files: usersfile  
= "/etc/freeradius-dev/users") = 48
write(1, " files: acctusersfile = \"/etc/fr"..., 57 files:  
acctusersfile = "/etc/freeradius-dev/acct_users") = 57
write(1, " files: preproxy_usersfile = \"/e"..., 66 files:  
preproxy_usersfile = "/etc/freeradius-dev/preproxy_users") = 66
write(1, " files: compat = \"no\"\n", 22 files: compat = "no") = 22
open("/etc/freeradius-dev/users", O_RDONLY) = 6
fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0640, st_size=1880, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,  
0) = 0x2a973c3000
read(6, "# Simplify the Tunneling rules t"..., 4096) = 1880
read(6, "", 4096)                       = 0
read(6, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(6)                                = 0
munmap(0x2a973c3000, 4096)              = 0
open("/etc/freeradius-dev/acct_users", O_RDONLY) = 6
fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0640, st_size=532, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,  
0) = 0x2a973c3000
read(6, "#\n#\t$Id: acct_users,v 1.4 2003/0"..., 4096) = 532
read(6, "", 4096)                       = 0
read(6, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(6)                                = 0
munmap(0x2a973c3000, 4096)              = 0
open("/etc/freeradius-dev/preproxy_users", O_RDONLY) = 6
fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0640, st_size=1039, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,  
0) = 0x2a973c3000
read(6, "#\n#  Configuration file for the "..., 4096) = 1039
read(6, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(6)                                = 0
munmap(0x2a973c3000, 4096)              = 0

i couldn't find any references to this problem. this is freeradius  
1.1.5 running on a debian box with 2.6.8-x4100-1. has anyone else  
noticed this? is there a workaround?

thanks in advance,

pedro
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