Confused about 'hints' file

[Chris Carver]

Brenckle, Nicholas wrote:

> I have an entry in the hints file, that when I uncomment, the 
> authentication fails. And I can't figure out why.
>  
> When/where during the process does the hints file come into play? Im 
> watching everything under debug mode, and I can't figure it out....
>  
> Thank you!
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You have to match on it in the users file.  Create your huntgroup in the 
huntgroups file as shown in the examples, although you can match on any 
attribute you like not just prefix and suffix.  For example I create 
huntgroups and use NAS-IP-Address frequently.  In your users file just 
match on the huntgroup-name.  Here's my setup with data modified for 
security purposes...

###  huntgroup file ###
huntgroup1      NAS-IP-Address == 192.168.0.1
huntgroup1      NAS-IP-Address == 192.168.0.2
huntgroup1      NAS-IP-Address == 192.168.0.3

###  users file  ###
DEFAULT Huntgroup-Name == huntgroup1
        Idle-Timeout = 900,
        Framed-Protocol = PPP,
        Service-Type = Framed-User,
        Fall-Through = no

Chris Carver
Network Engineer