[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I guess you're running radiusd with non-root privs (check your radiusd
> > config file). When starting radiusd in debug mode, it does not drop
> > root privileges (if you're debugging it from root, which is, um, not good)
>
> I've changed the default 'configure' script to initialize it so that
> it now only drops privelidges if no /etc/shadow file exists. If there
> is a shadow file, the 'user' and 'group' items in radiusd.conf are
> left as root.
On FreeBSD systems there is no shadow file (there is /etc/master.passwd
which is readable by root only). I have user=root and group=nobody and
it seems to work fine.
> I was originally expecting that people would *read* the radiusd.conf
> file, and edit the various items for their system. That's why there
> are lots of comments in the file, with instructions for local
> configurations.
>
> I guess I was wrong.
My apologies. But I checked the doc directory and the FAQ on website
before posting to the list. It would be nice if this can be included in
the FAQ.
> Alan DeKok.
>
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