Why FreeRADIUS service won't work on Centos?

centos startup services

7,218

Solution 1

The problem was that I have incorrectly modified users file. To fix the problem, I changed it back to original one and now it worked again! Thanks to "cole" for a hint!

Solution 2

I had the same error.

error one

"alice" Cleartext-Password := "passme"
         Framed-IP-Address = 192.168.59.103
         Reply-Message = "Hello, %{User-Name}"

right one

"alice" Cleartext-Password := "passme"
         Framed-IP-Address = 192.168.59.103,
         Reply-Message = "Hello, %{User-Name}"

Because the second line was missing a comma at the end.

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Gazel

IT professional

Updated on September 18, 2022

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Gazel over 1 year

I have installed FreeRADIUS server on centos via yum successfully, but I couldn't start radiusd service.

when I run as root user and exec the following radiusd -X an error is occurred.

[root@userAAA /]# sudo radiusd -X
FreeRADIUS Version 2.1.12, for host i386-redhat-linux-gnu, built on Oct  3 2012 at 01:20:08
Copyright (C) 1999-2009 The FreeRADIUS server project and contributors. 
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A 
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
You may redistribute copies of FreeRADIUS under the terms of the 
GNU General Public License v2. 
Starting - reading configuration files ...
including configuration file /etc/raddb/radiusd.conf
including configuration file /etc/raddb/proxy.conf
including configuration file /etc/raddb/clients.conf
including files in directory /etc/raddb/modules/
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/sqlcounter_expire_on_login
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/otp
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/counter
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/passwd
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/smbpasswd
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/perl
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/chap
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/realm
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/acct_unique
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/detail
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/logintime
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/detail.example.com
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/unix
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/linelog
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/replicate
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/checkval
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/ldap
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/rediswho
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/redis
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/mac2ip
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/attr_rewrite
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/radutmp
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/cui
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/detail.log
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/smsotp
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/dynamic_clients
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/pam
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/digest
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/expiration
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/sql_log
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/ntlm_auth
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/exec
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/attr_filter
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/files
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/inner-eap
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/soh
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/mac2vlan
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/opendirectory
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/preprocess
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/ippool
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/echo
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/always
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/etc_group
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/pap
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/wimax
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/mschap
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/policy
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/expr
including configuration file /etc/raddb/modules/sradutmp
including configuration file /etc/raddb/eap.conf
including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.conf
including files in directory /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/
including configuration file /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default
including configuration file /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/inner-tunnel
including configuration file /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/control-socket
main {
    user = "radiusd"
    group = "radiusd"
    allow_core_dumps = no
}
including dictionary file /etc/raddb/dictionary
main {
    name = "radiusd"
    prefix = "/usr"
    localstatedir = "/var"
    sbindir = "/usr/sbin"
    logdir = "/var/log/radius"
    run_dir = "/var/run/radiusd"
    libdir = "/usr/lib/freeradius"
    radacctdir = "/var/log/radius/radacct"
    hostname_lookups = no
    max_request_time = 30
    cleanup_delay = 5
    max_requests = 1024
    pidfile = "/var/run/radiusd/radiusd.pid"
    checkrad = "/usr/sbin/checkrad"
    debug_level = 0
    proxy_requests = yes
 log {
    stripped_names = no
    auth = no
    auth_badpass = no
    auth_goodpass = no
 }
 security {
    max_attributes = 200
    reject_delay = 1
    status_server = yes
 }
}
radiusd: #### Loading Realms and Home Servers ####
 proxy server {
    retry_delay = 5
    retry_count = 3
    default_fallback = no
    dead_time = 120
    wake_all_if_all_dead = no
 }
 home_server localhost {
    ipaddr = 127.0.0.1
    port = 1812
    type = "auth"
    secret = "testing123"
    response_window = 20
    max_outstanding = 65536
    require_message_authenticator = yes
    zombie_period = 40
    status_check = "status-server"
    ping_interval = 30
    check_interval = 30
    num_answers_to_alive = 3
    num_pings_to_alive = 3
    revive_interval = 120
    status_check_timeout = 4
  coa {
    irt = 2
    mrt = 16
    mrc = 5
    mrd = 30
  }
 }
 home_server_pool my_auth_failover {
    type = fail-over
    home_server = localhost
 }
 realm example.com {
    auth_pool = my_auth_failover
 }
 realm LOCAL {
 }
radiusd: #### Loading Clients ####
 client localhost {
    ipaddr = 127.0.0.1
    require_message_authenticator = no
    secret = "testing123"
    nastype = "other"
 }
radiusd: #### Instantiating modules ####
 instantiate {
 Module: Linked to module rlm_exec
 Module: Instantiating module "exec" from file /etc/raddb/modules/exec
  exec {
    wait = no
    input_pairs = "request"
    shell_escape = yes
  }
 Module: Linked to module rlm_expr
 Module: Instantiating module "expr" from file /etc/raddb/modules/expr
 Module: Linked to module rlm_expiration
 Module: Instantiating module "expiration" from file /etc/raddb/modules/expiration
  expiration {
    reply-message = "Password Has Expired  "
  }
 Module: Linked to module rlm_logintime
 Module: Instantiating module "logintime" from file /etc/raddb/modules/logintime
  logintime {
    reply-message = "You are calling outside your allowed timespan  "
    minimum-timeout = 60
  }
 }
radiusd: #### Loading Virtual Servers ####
server { # from file /etc/raddb/radiusd.conf
 modules {
  Module: Creating Auth-Type = digest
  Module: Creating Post-Auth-Type = REJECT
 Module: Checking authenticate {...} for more modules to load
 Module: Linked to module rlm_pap
 Module: Instantiating module "pap" from file /etc/raddb/modules/pap
  pap {
    encryption_scheme = "auto"
    auto_header = no
  }
 Module: Linked to module rlm_chap
 Module: Instantiating module "chap" from file /etc/raddb/modules/chap
 Module: Linked to module rlm_mschap
 Module: Instantiating module "mschap" from file /etc/raddb/modules/mschap
  mschap {
    use_mppe = yes
    require_encryption = no
    require_strong = no
    with_ntdomain_hack = no
    allow_retry = yes
  }
 Module: Linked to module rlm_digest
 Module: Instantiating module "digest" from file /etc/raddb/modules/digest
 Module: Linked to module rlm_unix
 Module: Instantiating module "unix" from file /etc/raddb/modules/unix
  unix {
    radwtmp = "/var/log/radius/radwtmp"
  }
 Module: Linked to module rlm_eap
 Module: Instantiating module "eap" from file /etc/raddb/eap.conf
  eap {
    default_eap_type = "md5"
    timer_expire = 60
    ignore_unknown_eap_types = no
    cisco_accounting_username_bug = no
    max_sessions = 4096
  }
 Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_md5
 Module: Instantiating eap-md5
 Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_leap
 Module: Instantiating eap-leap
 Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_gtc
 Module: Instantiating eap-gtc
   gtc {
    challenge = "Password: "
    auth_type = "PAP"
   }
 Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_tls
 Module: Instantiating eap-tls
   tls {
    rsa_key_exchange = no
    dh_key_exchange = yes
    rsa_key_length = 512
    dh_key_length = 512
    verify_depth = 0
    CA_path = "/etc/raddb/certs"
    pem_file_type = yes
    private_key_file = "/etc/raddb/certs/server.pem"
    certificate_file = "/etc/raddb/certs/server.pem"
    CA_file = "/etc/raddb/certs/ca.pem"
    private_key_password = "whatever"
    dh_file = "/etc/raddb/certs/dh"
    random_file = "/etc/raddb/certs/random"
    fragment_size = 1024
    include_length = yes
    check_crl = no
    cipher_list = "DEFAULT"
    cache {
    enable = no
    lifetime = 24
    max_entries = 255
    }
    verify {
    }
    ocsp {
    enable = no
    override_cert_url = yes
    url = "http://127.0.0.1/ocsp/"
    }
   }
 Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_ttls
 Module: Instantiating eap-ttls
   ttls {
    default_eap_type = "md5"
    copy_request_to_tunnel = no
    use_tunneled_reply = no
    virtual_server = "inner-tunnel"
    include_length = yes
   }
 Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_peap
 Module: Instantiating eap-peap
   peap {
    default_eap_type = "mschapv2"
    copy_request_to_tunnel = no
    use_tunneled_reply = no
    proxy_tunneled_request_as_eap = yes
    virtual_server = "inner-tunnel"
    soh = no
   }
 Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_mschapv2
 Module: Instantiating eap-mschapv2
   mschapv2 {
    with_ntdomain_hack = no
    send_error = no
   }
 Module: Checking authorize {...} for more modules to load
 Module: Linked to module rlm_preprocess
 Module: Instantiating module "preprocess" from file /etc/raddb/modules/preprocess
  preprocess {
    huntgroups = "/etc/raddb/huntgroups"
    hints = "/etc/raddb/hints"
    with_ascend_hack = no
    ascend_channels_per_line = 23
    with_ntdomain_hack = no
    with_specialix_jetstream_hack = no
    with_cisco_vsa_hack = no
    with_alvarion_vsa_hack = no
  }
 Module: Linked to module rlm_realm
 Module: Instantiating module "suffix" from file /etc/raddb/modules/realm
  realm suffix {
    format = "suffix"
    delimiter = "@"
    ignore_default = no
    ignore_null = no
  }
 Module: Linked to module rlm_files
 Module: Instantiating module "files" from file /etc/raddb/modules/files
  files {
    usersfile = "/etc/raddb/users"
    acctusersfile = "/etc/raddb/acct_users"
    preproxy_usersfile = "/etc/raddb/preproxy_users"
    compat = "no"
  }
/etc/raddb/users[3]: Syntax error: Previous line is missing a trailing comma for entry alice
Errors reading /etc/raddb/users
/etc/raddb/modules/files[7]: Instantiation failed for module "files"
/etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default[170]: Failed to load module "files".
/etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default[69]: Errors parsing authorize section. 
[root@userAAA /]# service radiusd status
radiusd is stopped

Any ideas on how to fix it and start the radiusd service?

ChrisW over 10 years

Check your users file Syntax error: Previous line is missing a trailing comma for entry alice shows that there is something wrong with that file.
Gazel over 10 years

Thanks, I did modified users file incorrectly, so I changed it back to original one and now it works.