385443 – net-dialup/freeradius fails to start if /var/log/radius is missing

Bug 385443 - net-dialup/freeradius fails to start if /var/log/radius is missing

Summary: net-dialup/freeradius fails to start if /var/log/radius is missing

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Alin Năstac (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2011-10-03 02:08 UTC by Patrick
Modified:	2011-11-20 18:55 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Patrick 2011-10-03 02:08:53 UTC

If /var/log/radius is removed, freeradius will fail to start by init script because the init script checks for this directory.

This is bad behavior because freeradius can be configured to log to syslog instead of files, in which case logs can be configured to go anywhere, not just /var/log/radius. Syslog also alleviates the need for the ugly hackery in the init script which goes and changes file ownerships, modes, etc.


This is observed with net-dialup/freeradius-2.0.5

Comment 1 Alin Năstac (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-11-20 18:55:04 UTC

Fixed in net-dialup/freeradius-2.1.12.