freeradius 1.1.6 / syslog problems

[Jay Banks]

> # radiusd -f -l syslog
> Sun Jul  1 10:40:09 2007 : Info: Starting - reading configuration files 
> ...
> radiusd: Couldn't open syslog/radius.log for logging: Permission denied
>   (rlm_eap_tls: Loading the certificate file as a chain)
> radiusd: Couldn't open syslog/radius.log for logging: Permission denied
>   (rlm_passwd: nfields: 2 keyfield 0(User-Name) listable: no)
>
> Output after that appears correctly via syslog.
> Have I missed something? Bug or feature?

With FreeBSD, that almost has to be some type of permission problem. What 
type of account are you running freeradius under? If you are testing 
freeradius using, for example, "radiusd -X", while not running as root, that 
is most likely your problem.

Not likely, but if you are trying to run freeradius from daemontools, there 
are instructions in the wiki for that. Basically, you have to make the 
process running a member of the group that has logging privileges. But 
again, the first suggestion is the first place to start.

Jay