*****SPAM***** new install (?) error "failed binding" when run freeradius -X

[Matt Zagrabelny]

On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Williams John D.-HDWQ83
<jwilliams at motorolasolutions.com> wrote:
> Hello,
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> New subscriber and having some trouble with new install, very basic so far.
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> Question 1
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> All documentation refers to commands run  from  "/etc/raddb" that doesn't
> exist  install on Ubuntu 12.04 created "/etc/freeradius".
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> Not a big issue just a curiosity.

Distributions will generally have a preferred layout for where to put
(config) files. This (/etc/freeradius) is where Debian (and hence
Ubuntu) puts their FR config files. Not an issue.

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> Question 2
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> Running "/etc/freeradius/freeradius -X" I get error "failed binding" I'll
> paste entire output (long) below.

Are you sure that is the command that you ran?

If so, how did the executable get into /etc/freeradius?

> Failed binding to authentication address * port 1812: Address already in use
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> /etc/freeradius/radiusd.conf[240]: Error binding to port for 0.0.0.0 port
> 1812

So it looks like FR is already running.

Try:

$ sudo service freeradius status

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> If I run radtest with the test user I get access-accept from for local host
> so it appears the server is basically working:
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> tutqa at tutqa-P380:/etc/freeradius$ sudo radtest bob hello 127.0.0.1 0
> testing123
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> Sending Access-Request of id 95 to 127.0.0.1 port 1812
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>                User-Name = "bob"
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>                User-Password = "hello"
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>                NAS-IP-Address = 127.0.1.1
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>                NAS-Port = 0
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> rad_recv: Access-Accept packet from host 127.0.0.1 port 1812, id=95,
> length=20
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> Full output of debug:
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> tutqa at tutqa-P380:/etc/freeradius$ sudo freeradius -X

You need to ensure the daemon is stopped before running it in debug mode.

$ sudo service freeradius stop

-mz