Add this line to the home server configuration of Server A (running 2.1.7):
no_response_fail = yes Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: freeradius-users- > [email protected] > [mailto:freeradius-users- > [email protected]] On Behalf > Of Patric > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:05 AM > To: FreeRadius users mailing list > Subject: Question regarding retrying of requests in detail-combined > file > > Hi all :) > > FreeRADIUS 2.1.7 > CentOS 5.2 > > I am not too sure where to start here so I will describe the symptoms > first: > > I have 2 freeradius servers that both receive accounting requests, and > proxy these requests to each other, as well as log these requests to a > detail file. > I have noticed now that while server A is processing the detail- > combined > file and proxying the requests to server B, server B will fail to get a > lock on its detail file, and the request will fail. When this happens > it > is not passing anything back to server A, and server A does not seem to > be timing out the request, so it stops processing the detail-combined > file and just sits there. > > A bit more in depth, server B is still running FR 1.1.6. I am in the > process of updating to 2.1.7 but am being delayed due to outdated OS, > so > am moving this lot to a new server. The lock fail is occurring when > server B tries to get a lock on the detail-combined file, so it is very > likely that I have had the proxying setup incorrectly here all along, > but since it is 1.1.6 I do not expect help here... > > What I would like to try figure out is how to get server A (2.1.7) to > time out a proxy request and retry it... > > Any pointers to sections/docs would be great as always, > > Thanks a mill! > Patric > > - > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See > http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html

