3.1.x systemd startup

[Jonathan Gazeley]

I've just built 3.1.x from git head this morning (commit 307c8a9) and
while it works properly when executed as radiusd -X, it will not startup
when started via systemctl on CentOS 7.


[***@radius-el7 ~]$ sudo service radiusd start
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start radiusd.service
Job for radiusd.service failed because the control process exited with
error code. See "systemctl status radiusd.service" and "journalctl -xe"
for details.

[***@radius-el7 ~]$ sudo journalctl -xe
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 systemd[1]: Starting FreeRADIUS
multi-protocol policy server...
-- Subject: Unit radiusd.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit radiusd.service has begun starting up.
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 radiusd[1195]: Usage: radiusd [options]
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 radiusd[1195]: Options:
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 radiusd[1195]: -C Check
configuration and exit.
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 radiusd[1195]: -d <raddb> Set
configuration directory (defaults to /etc/raddb).
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 systemd[1]: radiusd.service: control process
exited, code=exited status=1
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 radiusd[1195]: -D <dictdir> Set main
dictionary directory (defaults to /usr/share/freeradius).
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 radiusd[1195]: -f Run as a
foreground process, not a daemon.
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 radiusd[1195]: -h Print this help
message.
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 radiusd[1195]: -l <log_file> Logging output
will be written to this file.
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 radiusd[1195]: -m On SIGINT or
SIGQUIT clean up all used memory instead of just exiting.
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 radiusd[1195]: -n <name> Read
raddb/name.conf instead of raddb/radiusd.conf.
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 radiusd[1195]: -P Always write out
PID, even with -f.
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 radiusd[1195]: -s Do not spawn
child processes to handle requests (same as -ft).
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 radiusd[1195]: -t Disable threads.
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 radiusd[1195]: -v Print server
version information.
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 radiusd[1195]: -X Turn on full
debugging (similar to -tfxxl stdout).
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 radiusd[1195]: -x Turn on
additional debugging (-xx gives more debugging).
Mar 09 11:55:58 radius-el7 systemd[1]: Failed to start FreeRADIUS
multi-protocol policy server.
-- Subject: Unit radiusd.service has failed

The radiusd.service unit specifies to start with -m, but when I run this
by hand...

[***@radius-el7 ~]$ sudo radiusd -m
Usage: radiusd [options]
Options:
-C Check configuration and exit.
-d <raddb> Set configuration directory (defaults to /etc/raddb).
-D <dictdir> Set main dictionary directory (defaults to
/usr/share/freeradius).
-f Run as a foreground process, not a daemon.
-h Print this help message.
-l <log_file> Logging output will be written to this file.
-m On SIGINT or SIGQUIT clean up all used memory instead
of just exiting.
-n <name> Read raddb/name.conf instead of raddb/radiusd.conf.
-P Always write out PID, even with -f.
-s Do not spawn child processes to handle requests (same
as -ft).
-t Disable threads.
-v Print server version information.
-X Turn on full debugging (similar to -tfxxl stdout).
-x Turn on additional debugging (-xx gives more debugging).


Has the -m option been changed or taken away? It still appears in the
usage message and the systemd unit. I guess either -m needs to be fixed,
or removed from the docs etc.

Thanks,
Jonathan

[Matthew Newton]

I've just built 3.1.x from git head this morning (commit 307c8a9) and while
it works properly when executed as radiusd -X, it will not startup when
started via systemctl on CentOS 7.

Looks like Arran removed -m a few days ago but left the syntax
options.

https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/pull/1557

Matthew

[Jonathan Gazeley]

Post by Matthew Newton

I've just built 3.1.x from git head this morning (commit 307c8a9) and while
it works properly when executed as radiusd -X, it will not startup when
started via systemctl on CentOS 7.

Looks like Arran removed -m a few days ago but left the syntax
options.
https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/pull/1557

Thanks once again. I started tentatively looking at the same code in
your PR. Looks like I'd included many of the same changes but not all,
so lucky you got yours in first :)

I'll go and do another build, then!

Cheers,
Jonathan