(RADIATOR) Restartwrapper problems (notification mail)

[Hugh Irvine]

Hello Tunde -

I always recommend using the source tarball for better control.

regards

Hugh


On Monday, Feb 3, 2003, at 19:56 Australia/Melbourne, Ayotunde Itayemi 
wrote:

> Hi Hugh,
>
> I think the cause of the problem is probably the existence of all
> the rc scripts which are auto-configured when on uses an RPM install
> for example coupled with the restartwrapper entry in rc.local
> Though I haven't tried it but I would guess that one shouldn't (be 
> able to)\
> use a restartwrapper entry in rc.local together with rc scripts.
>
> Regards,
> Tunde I.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hugh Irvine" <hugh at open.com.au>
> To: "neil quiogue" <neil at quiogue.com>
> Cc: "Ayotunde Itayemi" <aitayemi at metrong.com>; <radiator at open.com.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 1:48 AM
> Subject: Re: (RADIATOR) Restartwrapper problems (notification mail)
>
>
>
> Hello Neil, Hello Tunde -
>
> Neil is correct.
>
> Because you are getting an error when restartWrapper is trying to
> execute the command specified, restartWrapper is doing what is supposed
> to do - ie. waiting 2 secdonds and then trying again.
>
> You will need to fix the problem (ie. change the port numbers or
> whatever), and then restartWrapper will successfully start the program
> and then wait for it to exit (for whatever reason) then it will start
> the program again. This is the reason that you need the "-foreground"
> flag in the command line for "radiusd ....", so that it (radiusd) does
> not detach from the controlling program (restartWrapper), which would
> otherwise cause restartWrapper to spin trying to restart radiusd
> forever.
>
> regards
>
> Hugh
>
>
> On Monday, Jan 27, 2003, at 20:49 Australia/Melbourne, neil quiogue
> wrote:
>
>> This happens when you have a radiusd running already and you tried
>> running the restartWrapper so what's going to happen is that the
>> restartWrapper would see that the program is always dying (due to the
>> already running radiusd) and would restart in 2 seconds.
>>
>> Check first that you don't have radiusd or any program binding on the
>> RADIUS ports then use restartWrapper.
>>
>> Also, why is you radius in foreground mode?
>>
>> Regards, Neil
>>
>> On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 04:38  PM, Ayotunde Itayemi wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi All, hi Hugh,
>>>
>>> I forgot to include the sample mail I got from restartwrapper.
>>>
>>> ==============================================================
>>> Your program
>>>
>>> /radiatordb/radiatorhttp/radiusd -config_file
>>> /radiatordb/radiatorhttp/radius.cfg -foreground
>>>
>>> exited unexpectedly with exit status 98,
>>> signal number 0 and dump indication 0.
>>>
>>> The STDERR output was Could not bind authentication socket: Address
>>> already in use at /radiatordb/radiatorhttp/radiusd line 413.
>>> .
>>>
>>> The program will be restarted again by /usr/bin/restartWrapper in 2
>>> seconds.
>>> ==============================================================
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Tunde Itayemi.
>>>
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