unable to write 'random state' when starting freeradius

[John Dennis]

Madwifi Wireless wrote:
> Has anyone come across this error? This happens when I start 
> freeradius for the first time.
> Platform: RedHat ES 4.0
> Version: FreeRadius 2.1.1

random_file = "/usr/local/freeradius-2.1.1/etc/raddb/certs/random"

What are the ownership and permissions and ownership on the directory 
/usr/local/freeradius-2.1.1/etc/raddb/certs?

Do they match the user and group specified in 
/usr/local/freeradius-2.1.1/etc/radiusd.conf?

Assuming the user/group is either radius or radiusd the does the 
directory permissions allow an owner or group to write into that directory?

For example it should be something this (this example assumes 
installation with prefix=/usr):

sudo ls -ld /etc/raddb/certs
drwxrwx--- 2 root radiusd 4096 2008-09-25 15:29 /etc/raddb/certs



-- 
John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com>