[radvd-devel-l] radvd not starting with different logmethod than default

[Reuben Hawkins]

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Niklas Hagman - Fiber Direkt AB
<niklas at fiberdirekt.se> wrote:
> I can not start radvd 1.8.3 when using a different logmethod than default.
>
> My goal is to redirect all traffic to a logfile because I get to many
> "received RA from xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx" in syslog.
>
> This works:
> radvd -u radvd -p /var/run/radvd/radvd.pid
> radvd -m logfile -u radvd -p /var/run/radvd/radvd.pid --debug 1
>
> This does not work:
> radvd -m logfile -u radvd -p /var/run/radvd/radvd.pid
>
> Error is:
> [Dec 29 11:26:47] radvd: version 1.8.3 started
> [Dec 29 11:26:47] radvd: Exiting, privsep_read_loop had readn return 0 bytes
>
> Same error with version 1.8.0.
> Distro is ubuntu server 10.04.3 LTS with my own/debian compiled radvd
> 1.8.3 package.
> debug 5 output: http://pastebin.com/58vvH01M
>
> Regards,
> Niklas
>
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Hi Niklas,

This looks like a bug in privsep.  I'm not sure what's causing it.
I'll take a look over the next week or so.

Thanks,
Reuben