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0009238Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2026-07-01 12:53
ReporterSfire25 Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionopen 
Summary0009238: freeradius-wpe 3.2.5: startup, logging, and capture failures
Description

Issue 1: Startup Command Changed Unannounced

Previous Behavior: The tool was launched with radiusd -X.

Current Behavior: It must now be started with freeradius-wpe -X. This change was not documented in the release notes.

Issue 2: Credential Logging to File has Stopped Working

Expected Behavior: Captured credentials used to be stored in a log file for later analysis, typically in a default location like freeradius-wpe.log.

Current Behavior: No credentials are saved to any log file. The radiusd.log file is created but remains empty of captured credentials. Using the -l flag has no effect.

Issue 3: Incomplete Credential Capture on Subsequent Attempts

Expected Behavior: All authentication attempts should have their full credentials (username and password/hash) displayed when running in the foreground (-X).

Current Behavior: Only the first authentication attempt after starting freeradius-wpe shows the full credentials. All subsequent authentication attempts, whether from the same or a different client, only show the captured username. A restart of the tool is required to capture one more full set of credentials.

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kali-bugreport

kali-bugreport

2025-07-04 15:27

reporter   ~0020714

Not sure why you report this to the Kali people, AFAICT they are just packaging what the vendor is providing and any issue probably should be reported to the vendor instead.

g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2026-07-01 12:53

administrator   ~0021838

This report has been filed against an old version of Kali. We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.

Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux (https://www.kali.org/get-kali/)?

If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://www.kali.org/docs/community/submitting-issues-kali-bug-tracker/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-07-04 08:45 Sfire25 New Issue
2025-07-04 15:27 kali-bugreport Note Added: 0020714
2026-07-01 12:53 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0021838
2026-07-01 12:53 g0tmi1k Status new => closed