running freeradius with xinetd....?

[Alan DeKok]

obi-wan wrote:
> 
> i have taken delivery of a RHEL server with FreeRadius installed and
> running from XINETD.

  That is wrong.  Do not run FreeRADIUS under any inetd.

> _the radius sever is not performing as expected and
> spews the following ERROR to the log file; " *There appears to be
> another RADIUS server running on the authentication port 1645* "
> when i attempt to dial and log in.

  Because there is another RADIUS server already using that port.

> when i run the "radiusd" daemon in stand alone mode from the command
> line the Radius server performs as advertised. _i'm i missing some
> settings or maybe  "radiusd" can't be run from xinetd.?

  It is meant to be run as a daemon, not under inetd.

  Alan DeKok.