Fwd: Re: Fwd: RE: (RADIATOR) Radiator 3.1 Memory Leak

[Hugh Irvine]

Hello Everyone -

Here is Mike's reply.

regards

Hugh


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Subject: Re: Fwd: RE: (RADIATOR) Radiator 3.1 Memory Leak
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 16:07:10 +1000
From: Mike McCauley <mikem at open.com.au>
To: hugh at open.com.au

Hi All,

I have been able to confirm there is a slow leak when you use AuthBy PAM with
pam_unix, at least.

After lengthy testing appears to be in PAM itself, and not in Radiator or
Authen::PAM.
		
The speed and existence of the leak may well depend on exactly what PAM
service you use.

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> Subject: RE: (RADIATOR) Radiator 3.1 Memory Leak
> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 14:48:29 -0700
> From: "Jon Snyder" <jon at pdx.edu>
> To: "Forbes Mike" <Mike.Forbes at Colorado.EDU>, <radiator at open.com.au>
>
> Mike,
>
> We saw quite a large memory leak in previous versions of Radiator
> (specifically 2.19) when using AuthBy PAM.  Switching to AuthBy SYSTEM,
> which was functionally equivalent for us, resolve the issue.  If you're
> using AuthBy PAM, see if that is the culprit.
>
> _______________________________
> Jon Snyder
> Computing & Networking Services
> Portland State University
> (503) 725-9565
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-radiator at open.com.au [mailto:owner-radiator at open.com.au]On
> Behalf Of Forbes Mike
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 1:47 PM
> To: radiator at open.com.au
> Subject: (RADIATOR) Radiator 3.1 Memory Leak
>
>
>
> Has anyone experienced a memory leak on 3.1?
> I am running 3.1 on RedHat and experienced radiusd taking up 250megs of
> ram.
>
> Mike Forbes
>
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