radiusd only starting with radiusd -X, but not as daemon via rc.freeradius

[Alan Buxey]

Hi,

> 1. i can start radiusd with a valid and working radiusd.config using radiusd -X
>    in this case auth using e.g radtest or other clients is working and stable ..
> 
> 2. without the -X option and as a "service" via rc.freeradius
>     radiusd will start, but authentication against radius is not
>     sucessful, e.g. using radtest ....
>     ( cannot connect to ... )

is the process daemon actually running?

ps aux | grep radius


check the output of the log file (eg /var/log/radiusd/radiusd.log - or
wherever your config is set to use) - see whether its a permission issue
with a directory or file.

alan