radiusd under Linux (fwd)

Portmaster List (pm@pinc.com)
Thu, 12 Dec 1996 13:39:06 -0800 (PST)

Forwarded message:
>
> Hello,
>
> we have a weird Problem with the radius daemon under Linux. After
> receiving the first request from a Portmaster the master daemon
> (not the accounting child process) closes down with no message.
> If I run the radiusd with the -x option I get the same result with
> a "segmentation fault" error message. First of all I tought it's
> maybe a problem with my Caldera box, so I tried the same procedure
> on a Slackware 96 based host (with Kernel 2.0.24) and the same
> happens. Is there anyone out there with a working daemon under
> Linux?
>
> regards,
> D. Haus
>

I had the same problem, and got an answer from someone, can't remember who.

You have to change the default in the makefile from;
LIBS = -ldb
to
LIBS = -lgdbm

This seems to be dependant on the version of slakware/redhat/whatever.
On 3 of 5 boxes it worked as the default, and the other 2 no.

Regards,
Rick Morris

Pacific Interconnect