Radius freeze

[Kenneth Marshall]

On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 04:56:46PM +0200, Tokie wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I'm using FreeRADIUS Version 1.1.7 with Mysql.
> I use for Hotspot system.
> 
> All works fine, but after around one day without activity, the radius
> server don't answer.
> Therefore, if I restart (/etc/init.d/freeradius restart), all works ok!!
> 
> I monitor with the command "ps" and just restart result:
> # ps ax | grep freeradius
> 26118 ?        Ssl    0:00 /usr/sbin/freeradius
> 
> Immediately after the connection of a hotspot's user:
> # ps ax | grep freeradius
> 26118 ?        Ssl    0:00 /usr/sbin/freeradius
> 26158 ?        Z      0:00 [freeradius] <defunct>
> 
> What does this mean  *_/[freeradius] <defunct>/_*?
> 
> If hotspot's user disconnect, nothing changes!!
> 
> Could you help me??


Retarting the server is the appropriate measure to use to address
this problem. The better solution would be to upgrade to version 2.1.8
which fixes so many bugs...

Cheers,
Ken