Encountering error when using "radius -X"

[Fabien COMBERNOUS]

kartik dadwal wrote:

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> when you say 'radius binary .deb package', does '.deb' belongs to 
> debian? I have ubuntu (I know ubuntu is a spun off from debian!). The 
> only other way I know for installing something on my ubuntu us using 
> "synaptic package manager". Do you mean to say I can search for 
> freeradius on synaptic manager and install it from there as it takes 
> care of all the dpendencies?
With Debian and Ubuntu, the management of the world is done by .deb 
packages. If you want to get binaries (or sources also) the system use 
.deb. To do this you can use synaptic (gui), or aptitude (cli). So, yes 
you can search and find and install freeradius with synaptic. It will 
take care of all dependencies. And you'll have to remember to use 
/etc/freeradius instead of /etc/raddb when you'll read freeradius documents.

If you haven't a special request about your freeradius setup just 
install freeradius with synaptic. Here the command with aptitude :
sudo aptitude install freeradius

If you want a ldap backend :
sudo aptitude install freeradius-ldap
If you want a sqlbackend, it depand of the rdbms you want :
sudo aptitude install freeradius-mysql
sudo aptitude install freeradius-postgresql

With this process you'll get a basic running freeradius. Then you'll 
have to fit your needs by modifying the setup.

The search flag will give all the freeradius .deb possibilities. You can 
always use synaptic gui or aptitude cli as following :
sudo aptitude search <pattern>



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