To have radiusd start at boot time, you have to adapt ${SYSCONFDIR}/raddb/radiusd.conf and insert the following into /etc/rc.local. if [ -x ${PREFIX}/sbin/radiusd ]; then install -d -o _freeradius /var/run/radiusd echo -n ' radiusd'; ${PREFIX}/sbin/radiusd fi This will start radiusd and use ${SYSCONFDIR}/raddb/radiusd.conf for the configuration. Example configuration files can be found in ${PREFIX}/share/examples/freeradius.