Sir,
As I said in my message I downloaded the CVS snapshot i.e. the tarball. I
run debian and always do a source install, so the rpm fix is irrelevant for
me.
However, I'm sure your fix could help a Suse user though.
Thanks!
Nick
On Friday 13 June 2003 06:50, Alan Litster wrote:
> Currently the script that builds the rpm package of FreeRADIUS does not
> include the dictionary files as they are no longer in the /etc/raddb
> directory. It's simply the case of adding the following to the %files
> section in suse/freeradius.spec
>
> # dictionary
> %config /%{_prefix}/share/freeradius/*
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nick Davis
> > Sent: 11 June 2003 17:31
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Upcomming FreeRadius 0.9 release
> >
> >
> > I just downloaded the CVS snapshotfreeradius-snapshot-20030611 .
> > Here is my
> > experience.
> >
> > I compiled it with no erors. I installed it with no errors.
> >
> > When I went to start radiusd it didn't start and the radius.log
> > had a message
> > telling me I was using an incorrect dictionary file. I looked at the
> > dictionary file in ~/snapshot-dir/raddb and found out that the dictionary
> > files are now installed in a different location.
> >
> > I put my configs in /etc/raddb. So in my currently running
> > version all of the
> > dictionary files were in that folder. The new radius version puts the
> > dictionary files here: /usr/local/share/freeradius/dictionary
> >
> > The end of the "make install" messages did not tell me the
> > dictionary files
> > were in a new location, nor inform me to update the INCLUDES in
> > /etc/raddb/dictionary to point to the new location.
> >
> > So it might be good to put a message at the end of the "make
> > install" in the
> > "WARNING" section informing people of this.
> >
> > This brings a question to mind. If radiusd has a set location
> > for the main
> > dictionary file, and that file just contains an include to the actual
> > dictionary files why not just put the INCLUDE line in the
> > radius.conf and get
> > rid of this extra step?
> >
> > Once I fixed the dictionary file issue, radiusd started properly.
> >
> > I then went and used radtest on a valid user and it worked correctly.
> >
> > I am using mysql for my users and accounting. I know it can read the db,
> > because it accepted my radtest user. I'll just have to keep an eye on the
> > logs and watch for other random errors.
> >
> > The dictionary file is a simple problem. Overall think freeradius is an
> > excellent product!
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Nick D.
>
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