Bug #2477
closed
router advertisement daemon (radvd) no longer starts
Added by Johannes Ullrich over 12 years ago.
Updated over 12 years ago.
Description
as of today's update, radvd no longer starts. No obvious error message I can see so far, but the config file looks bad (missing interface names, only one interface even though I got multiple). The dhcpv6 server appears to be running.
from system.log:
Jun 8 14:09:54 pfsense php: /services_dhcpv6.php: The command '/usr/local/sbin/radvd -C /var/etc/radvd.conf -m syslog' returned exit code '1', the output was ''
/var/etc/radvd.conf
- Automatically Generated, do not edit
- Generated for DHCPv6 Server opt1
interface {
AdvSendAdvert on;
MinRtrAdvInterval 5;
MaxRtrAdvInterval 20;
AdvLinkMTU 1280;
AdvDefaultPreference medium;
prefix 2001:470:d846:0:0:0:0:0/64 {
DeprecatePrefix on;
AdvOnLink on;
AdvAutonomous on;
AdvRouterAddr on;
};
route ::/0 {
RemoveRoute on;
};
DNSSL localdomain { };
};
2.1-BETA0 (amd64)
built on Thu Jun 7 16:35:54 EDT 2012
FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p2
just found additional logs in routing.log confirming the issue with the configuration file:
Jun 8 14:11:50 pfsense radvd28121: version 1.8.5 started
Jun 8 14:11:50 pfsense radvd28121: syntax error in /var/etc/radvd.conf, line 3: {
Jun 8 14:11:50 pfsense radvd28121: error parsing or activating the config file: /var/etc/radvd.conf
Jun 8 14:11:50 pfsense radvd28121: Exiting, failed to read config file.
manually adding the interface name will at least start radvd
- Status changed from New to Feedback
I believe Seth had said this was because the snapshot was missing something that should be in the next new snapshot. The snapshot server ran out of space yesterday so it couldn't upload the fixed one, and a new one should be building now or up shortly.
If this is still a problem on a snapshot dated the 8th or later, let us know and this can be reopened.
I think I may have fixed the snapshot. Otherwise please reopen.
Although I understand you file the ticket as high, we are not all full time paid developers or in the position to fix on the go.
Resolved! Thanks
Although I understand you file the ticket as high, we are not all full time paid developers or in the position to fix on the go.
Sorry. any guidance on what is "high"? Will split my big QA tester paycheck with you ;-)
That's fine Johannes, not sure of the context for that in this case, generally comments like that would be reserved for clue-deficient people who report a "bug" as "urgent" that's nothing more than them not having a clue what they're doing and just not setting up something right. :) This case is definitely legitimately high priority.
- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
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