=========================================================================== $NetBSD: MESSAGE.pam,v 1.1.1.1 2008/05/15 19:43:47 adrianp Exp $ Certain PAM modules require that radiusd run as root in order to perform privileged operations. However, other PAM modules (e.g. pam-dbm), will work with with radiusd running as non-root if the non-root user is given the permissions necessary. If you will be using a PAM module that requires radiusd to run as root you can set the following in /etc/mk.conf: RADIUS_USER=root RADIUS_GROUP=wheel And then re-install freeradius. Alternatively, you can just change the following settings in your ${PKG_SYSCONFDIR}/radiusd.conf user = root group = wheel ===========================================================================