(RADIATOR) Radiator as a Windows Service

[Brian Morris]

Hi Mike,

The ability to run Radiator as an NT service is excellent and I would like
to say well done indeed!

Personally, I very much like the ability to monitor a users ability (or more
importantly their inability) to login in real time.  Running Radiator in a
command window allows me to view the log file "as it happens" - much like a
"tail -f" would do in a Unix environment.

Is their any way to view the logfile in real time (or close to real time)
when running Radiator as a service on NT?

Regards,

Brian Morris




----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike McCauley" <mikem at open.com.au>
To: <radiator at open.com.au>; <mikem at open.com.au>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 7:40 PM
Subject: (RADIATOR) Radiator as a Windows Service


> Hello all,
>
> Up until now, users wishing to run Radiator as a Service on Windows were
> required to install and configure a Service program such as SRVANY or
> FireDaemon.
>
> We have recently uploaded patches to the Radiator 3.5 patches area that
allow
> Radiator to install and run itself as a Windows Service. This has also
> involved some restructuring of some of the internals of radiusd. These
> patches will appear in the next release of Radiator but in the meantime we
> would welcome any comments on its use.
>
> Now, on Windows,  radiusd supports some new command line arguments:
>
> -service
> Tells Radiator to run as a Windows Service. Requires Win32::Daemon, and
> requires that the service have been previously installed with the
> -installservice flag. Requires Win32::Daemon.
>
> -installservice
> On Windows, installs or reinstalls Radiator to run as a Windows Service.
The
> service will be configured to run Radiator with all the same arguments as
was
> passed with -installservice, and it will add the -service flag. After
this,
> the Radiator service will appear in the Windows Service list as `Radiator
> Radius Server'. The Service will automatically start next time the host is
> booted. Requires Win32::Daemon.
>
> -uninstallservice
> On Windows, removes Radiator from Running as a Windows Service. Ensure the
> service is stopped before uninstalling it. Requires Win32::Daemon.
>
> Win32::Daemon can be installed on Windows with:
> ppm install http://www.roth.net/perl/packages/win32-daemon.ppd
>
> None of these changes are expected to effect the ability to run Radiator
as a
> service under SRVANY or FireDaemon, or as a daemon on Unix.
>
> Furthermore, on Windows, the command
> perl Makefile.PL install
> now also creates a folder C:\Program Files\Radiator and installs sample
> configuration, users and dictionary files (if they are not already there).
> This is expected to improve the installation process for Windows users.
>
> Test and comments direct to me are welcome.
> Cheers.
>
>
> --
> Mike McCauley                               mikem at open.com.au
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