Question regarding retrying of requests in detail-combined file

[Tim Sylvester]

Add this line to the home server configuration of Server A (running 2.1.7):

no_response_fail = yes

Tim

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> bounces+tim.sylvester=networkradius.com at lists.freeradius.org] On Behalf
> Of Patric
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:05 AM
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> Subject: Question regarding retrying of requests in detail-combined
> file
> 
> Hi all  :)
> 
> FreeRADIUS 2.1.7
> CentOS 5.2
> 
> I am not too sure where to start here so I will describe the symptoms
> first:
> 
> I have 2 freeradius servers that both receive accounting requests, and
> proxy these requests to each other, as well as log these requests to a
> detail file.
> I have noticed now that while server A is processing the detail-
> combined
> file and proxying the requests to server B, server B will fail to get a
> lock on its detail file, and the request will fail. When this happens
> it
> is not passing anything back to server A, and server A does not seem to
> be timing out the request, so it stops processing the detail-combined
> file and just sits there.
> 
> A bit more in depth, server B is still running FR 1.1.6. I am in the
> process of updating to 2.1.7 but am being delayed due to outdated OS,
> so
> am moving this lot to a new server. The lock fail is occurring when
> server B tries to get a lock on the detail-combined file, so it is very
> likely that I have had the proxying setup incorrectly here all along,
> but since it is 1.1.6 I do not expect help here...
> 
> What I would like to try figure out is how to get server A (2.1.7) to
> time out a proxy request and retry it...
> 
> Any pointers to sections/docs would be great as always,
> 
> Thanks a mill!
> Patric
> 
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