Hi, I noticed that there's a problem when you start radiator for the first time (i.e. with nonexistent logfile) and User is set to some non-root user. The logfile is created when radiator is still running as root (at least when debug log is enabled), so it's not writable anymore for the radiator process after the effective user id has been changed.
What I did to fix it: --- a/Radius/ServerConfig.pm +++ b/Radius/ServerConfig.pm @@ -530,9 +530,24 @@ # Only change if it not the same already if ($> != $uid) { - $> = $uid; - $self->log($main::LOG_ERR, "Could not set User to $self->{User} (got $>): $!") - unless $> == $uid; + # Try to change log file owner first if log file exists + my $logfile = &Radius::Util::format_special($self->{LogFile}); + if (-e $logfile) { + my $cnt = chown $uid, -1, $logfile; + if ($cnt == 1) { + $> = $uid; + $self->log($main::LOG_ERR, "Could not set User to $self->{User} (got $>): $!") + unless $> == $uid; + } + else { + $self->log($main::LOG_ERR, "Could not change log file $logfile owner to $self->{User}: $!"); + } + } + else { + $> = $uid; + $self->log($main::LOG_ERR, "Could not set User to $self->{User} (got $>): $!") + unless $> == $uid; + } } } else Regards Klara -- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Steinbuch Centre for Computing (SCC) Klara Mall Netze und Kommunikation (NET) Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Telefon: +49 721 608-28630 E-Mail: klara.m...@kit.edu Web: http://www.scc.kit.edu KIT - Universität des Landes Baden-Württemberg und nationales Forschungszentrum in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft _______________________________________________ radiator mailing list radiator@open.com.au http://www.open.com.au/mailman/listinfo/radiator