If you installed Ubuntu with default options you likely don't have permission to access those files. Try sudo freeradius -X or sudo su before running that sort of daemon.
David -----Original Message----- From: freeradius-users-bounces+davidp=wirelessconnections....@lists.freeradius.org [mailto:freeradius-users-bounces+davidp=wirelessconnections.net@lists.freera dius.org] On Behalf Of Alan DeKok Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 6:59 AM To: FreeRadius users mailing list Subject: Re: freeradius service doest start Baris Genc wrote: > When i try to start radius service on ubuntu service is fail. How to > start radius service on ubuntu? See the ubuntu documentation for how to start / stop services. > root@123:/etc/init.d# /etc/init.d/freeradius start > * Starting FreeRADIUS daemon freeradius > ...fail! Because it's probably already running. > root@123:/etc/init.d# /etc/init.d/freeradius reload > * Reloading FreeRADIUS daemon freeradius > * /var/run/freeradius/freeradius.pid not found... > ...done. > > root@123:/# radiusd -X > The program 'radiusd' can be found in the following packages: > * radiusd-livingston > * yardradius > Try: apt-get install <selected package> Or, try using "freeradius". It's packaged as that on ubuntu. Alan DeKok. - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html