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Date:      Mon, 02 Mar 1998 08:49:55 +0000
From:      Thordur Ivarsson <totii@est.is>
To:        Ernie Elu <ernie@spooky.eis.net.au>
Cc:        Louis-Philippe Alain <xenub@boisfrancs.qc.ca>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Radius Core Dump with the 3COM Total Control
Message-ID:  <34FA72B2.A32ABA43@est.is>
References:  <199803020405.OAA21962@spooky.eis.net.au>

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Ernie Elu wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >       We are using the "Merit RADIUS 2.4.23C" for authentication. The server is
> > running on a FreeBSD-2.2.2 x86 machine and we use a 3COM (US Robotic's)
> > Total Control as a port terminal server. The problem is simple: each time a
> > user try to authenticate and don't have the right password or the right
> > user name, the Radius Server exit (on signal 11) and Core Dump. There's
> > currently a script that check every 2 minutes if the Radius is still
> > running and restart it if needed. Here is an example of I took from my logs:
> >
> 
> I had the same problem and it is still prooving to be a pain.
> 
> The only version in the FreeBSD ports collection that works is the
> ascend-radius (1.16)which users version 1 syntax in the users file. The 3com
> examples are version 2 syntax.
> 
> If you are comfortable compiling then grab a copy of radius.3.5.6 from
> ftp.merit.edu.
> 
> Your exising config files will not work.
> 
> As radius.3.5.6 was not out when I got my Total Control rack I ended up
> using cistron radius from ftp://enterprise.cistron.nl:/pub/people/miquels/radius
> It was designed for linux,  compiles o.k but has a bug under FreeBSD with a file
> called /var/log/radutmp that it creats that seems to get an outrageous file length
> after a few minutes running. I just commented out the code that used it the file in
> acct.c and it has been running for 6 months.
> 
> - Ernie.

If you search the mailarchives of FreeBSD you will find your answare, It
is regarding compile flags of radius. It worked for me.

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