Freeradius in debugging mode error

Question

**Im trying to run freeradius in debugging mode( freeradius -X) but I get an error. the error is "Failed binding to authentication address * port 1812: Address already in use /etc/freeradius/radiusd.conf[240]: Error binding to port for 0.0.0.0 port 1812"

Why I'm I getting this error?**

Answer 1

You can control the debugging using the init script interface

sudo /etc/init.d/freeradius stop
sudo /etc/init.d/freeradius debug-threaded

Answer 2

You can stop the freeradius using below command

sudo /etc/init.d/freeradius stop

And then you can start again using below command

sudo /etc/init.d/freeradius start

Answer 3

You can running

killall freeradius && freeradius -X

Answer 4

Run the command 'killall freeradius' ( if on ubuntu ) Then,Restart the service, '/etc/init.d/freeradius restart' and stop the service, '/etc/init.d/freeradius stop' Now, if you run the command 'freeradius -X' you will not get the error.

Answer 5

You can do this to stop all freeradius ID

ps –A | grep freeradius

To get process ID of freeradius

kill -9 freeradius-PID

Start FreeRadius again

sudo /etc/init.d/freeradius start

Answer 6

Another instance of FreeRADIUS is running and bound to UDP port 1812. killall radiusd