> But beware -- I just discovered that (at least on my linux system
> (Debian GNU/Linux, using libc5) there are minor glitches, misfeatures or
> whatever. If it hits you depends on your system and on your radiusd.
> The radiusd I use (the one from cistron) is started
> once and runs ``forever'' (unless I change the /etc/raddb/* files).
> And it seems as if the shadow passwords are cached somewhere (libc?, not
> (!) by the radiusd). Once the radiusd runs I can change user passwords
> and the daemon doesn't get it.
This is pretty strange, and definitely seems to be a function of the OS
(although why, I have no idea!) rather than the radiusd process itself.
We run cistron radiusd here without any such problems, and a cursory
glance at the source code doesn't seem to indicate any sort of caching
mechansim.
Jordyn
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