Re: Radius Cache???

Alex (alex@agetech.net)
Sat, 29 Jun 1996 09:04:49 -0400

At 09:08 AM 6/29/96 +0200, you wrote:
>I have been getting the same reports from some of my more UNIX knowledgable
>users. I just was not sure if Radius was the real culprit or not.
>
>>When I restart radius it recognizes the new passwords. I am also using
>>shadow passwords. I still dont know why it does it????????? Could Linux
>>shadow passwords have anything to do with it?
>
>I have tried to avoid restarting at intervals, but I am looking into using a
>wrapper on passwd written in C or Perl to restart Radius if someone changes
>thier password. This would cut down on the unecessary restarts and potential
>problems...
>
>>>On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, Alex wrote:
>>>> cron file that looked like this.
>>>>
>>>> 0,20,40 * * * * killall radiusd.esva;/etc/raddb/radiusd.esva -s -p .ppp
>>>> This kills radius and restarts it every 20 minutes incase I am not there
>to restart it. Now this is what
>
>Again this might not be such a good idea....
>

I may have no choice unless I get that program from you :)

>>>> a ps -uax shows
>>>>
>>>> root 19619 0.0 1.9 824 612 p1 S 14:25 0:00
>/etc/raddb/radiusd.esva -s -p .pp
>>>>
>>>> Notice that it says .pp instead of ppp so it doesn't pass the .ppp for
>pap. I have tried several things.
>
>Normal output from the ps command is terminated at 80 chars in most flavors
>of UNIX, but in some you might have the ability to use an xterm and increase
>the width of the screen.

I though of that to but users wont be able to log on for some reason.
O.k if that is true look at this, my users dont get authenticated until I
kill it and run esva manually.

ftp 14419 0.0 1.7 988 552 ? S Jun 27 0:00 -194.85.88.47:
anonymous/amiga@ropnet.ru: LIST
root 19619 0.0 1.9 824 612 ? S 14:25 0:02
/etc/raddb/radiusd.esva -s -p .pp