GNU Radius Reference Manual

GNU Radius is a suite of programs for performing user authentication and accounting using RADIUS protocol.

This Info file documents the version 1.3 of the package.

Introduction to Radius

An introduction to RADIUS concepts

The RADIUS daemon

2. Naming Conventions		Conventions about naming files and directories
3. How Radius Operates		How radiusd operates
4. How to Start the Daemon.		How to start the daemon
5. Radius Configuration Files		radiusd configuration files
6. Request Comparison Methods		How duplicate requests are dealt with
7. Authentication		How users are authenticated
8. Accounting		Accounting methods
9. Logging		What gets logged and where
10. Problem Tracking		Fixing configuration errors
11. Extensions		Extending GNU Radius

12. Utility Programs
13. Client Package

Radius Attributes

14. Attribute List

Some frequently used attributes

Reporting Bugs and getting information

15. Reporting Bugs		How to report a bug
16. Where to Get Information about GNU Radius		Where to get info about GNU Radius

Obtaining GNU Radius

How to Obtain Radius		How to Obtain the GNU Radius
Radius Glossary		The glossary
Acknowledgements

What Next?

17. New Configuration Approach (draft)

New configuration

Appendices

A. GNU Free Documentation License

The GNU Free Documentation License.

Indices

Index

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Radius Configuration

5.1 Run-Time Configuration Options -- `raddb/config'		Run-time configuration options.
5.2 Dictionary of Attributes -- `raddb/dictionary'		Radius dictionary.
5.3 Clients List -- `raddb/clients'		Clients lists the NASes that are allowed to communicate with radius.
5.4 NAS List -- `raddb/naslist'		The naslist file keeps general information about the NASes.
5.5 NAS Types -- `raddb/nastypes'		Information about how to query the NASes about active user sessions.
5.6 Request Processing Hints -- `raddb/hints'		Important user information that is common for the users whose names match some pattern.
5.7 Huntgroups -- `raddb/huntgroups'		Group users by the NAS (and, possibly, a port number) they come from.
5.8 List of Proxy Realms -- `raddb/realms'		Communication with remote radius servers
5.9 User Profiles -- `raddb/users'		User profile.
5.10 List of Blocked Users -- `raddb/access.deny'		List of users which are denied access.
5.11 SQL Configuration -- `raddb/sqlserver'		SQL server configuration.
5.12 Rewrite functions -- `raddb/rewrite'		Rewrite functions allow to change the input packets.
5.13 Login Menus -- `raddb/menus'		Menus allow user to select the type of service.

Client configuration

13.1 Client Configuration

Main client configuration file.