Socket Error

[Deepansha Gaur]

Thanks Alan.

I tried to start and stop the service but it is the same.
When I restart the service, I get the socket error, if I delete the socket
file and check debug, I get the bind error. And this keeps repeating until
I reboot.

Regards,
Deepansha Gaur

On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 10:33 AM Alan DeKok <aland at deployingradius.com>
wrote:

> On Dec 13, 2023, at 12:17 PM, Deepansha Gaur <dgaur at ualberta.ca> wrote:
> > I am running freeradius -X and getting this error:
> > Failed creating control socket "/var/run/freeradius/freeradius.sock":
> > Control socket '/var/run/freeradius/freeradius.sock' is already in use
>
>   The server is already running as a background process.  You have to stop
> that process before starting it in debug mode.
>
>   See your local OS documentation for how to do this.
>
> > I have tried to delete the freeradius.sock file and then it gives me
> > another error:
> > Failed binding to auth address * port 1812 bound to server default:
> Address
> > already in use
> > /etc/freeradius/sites-enabled/default[59]: Error binding to port for
> > 0.0.0.0 port 1812
>
>   That's the same cause.
>
> > I try killing the freeradius session and then it give me the same socket
> > error again.
>
>   Because the OS automatically restarts it.
>
> > When I reboot, I don't see these errors, could you please help
> > on fixing this?
>
>   Something like "service freeradius stop" should work.  But it depends on
> your OS, so don't just blindly try that.
>
>   Read the OS documentation for how to start / stop services.
>
>   Alan DeKok.
>
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