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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’ve just setup a new freeradius
server using the exact same config files from our other radius server.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We are using a different MySQL database
for the second freeradius server so we have changed the database name in
sql.conf to reflect this.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Authentication is working fine and it’s
authenticating from the database.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>However accounting information is not
being entered into the radacct table, its currently empty but we are getting
accounting packets back.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I run freeradius in debug mode and found
the following sql accounting queries that don’t look right:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>sql: accounting_update_query_alt =
"INSERT into radacct (AcctSessionId, AcctUniqueId, UserName, Realm,
NASIPAddress, NASPortId, NASPortType, AcctStartTime, AcctSessionTime,
AcctAuthentic, ConnectInfo_start, AcctInputOctets, AcctOutputOctets,
CalledStationId, CallingStationId, ServiceType, FramedProtocol,
FramedIPAddress, AcctStartDelay) values('%{Acct-Session-Id}',
'%{Acct-Unique-Session-Id}', '%{SQL-User-Name}', '%{Realm}',
'%{NAS-IP-Address}', '%{NAS-Port}', '%{NAS-Port-Type}', DATE_SUB('%S',INTERVAL
(%{Acct-Session-Time:-0} + %{Acct-Delay-Time:-0}) SECOND),
'%{Acct-Session-Time}', '%{Acct-Authentic}', '', '%{Acct-Input-Octets}',
'%{Acct-Output-Octets}', '%{Called-Station-Id}', '%{Calling-Station-Id}',
'%{Service-Type}', '%{Framed-Protocol}', '%{Framed-IP-Address}', '0')"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> sql: accounting_start_query =
"INSERT into radacct (AcctSessionId, AcctUniqueId, UserName, Realm,
NASIPAddress, NASPortId, NASPortType, AcctStartTime, AcctStopTime,
AcctSessionTime, AcctAuthentic, ConnectInfo_start, ConnectInfo_stop,
AcctInputOctets, AcctOutputOctets, CalledStationId, CallingStationId,
AcctTerminateCause, ServiceType, FramedProtocol, FramedIPAddress,
AcctStartDelay, AcctStopDelay) values('%{Acct-Session-Id}', '%{Acct-Unique-Session-Id}',
'%{SQL-User-Name}', '%{Realm}', '%{NAS-IP-Address}', '%{NAS-Port}',
'%{NAS-Port-Type}', '%S', '0', '0', '%{Acct-Authentic}', '%{Connect-Info}', '',
'0', '0', '%{Called-Station-Id}', '%{Calling-Station-Id}', '',
'%{Service-Type}', '%{Framed-Protocol}', '%{Framed-IP-Address}',
'%{Acct-Delay-Time}', '0')"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Surely the values should be replaced by
the actual information it should be entering into the table?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If that’s the case that’s why
the radacct table is empty, MySQL won’t insert the data showing there and
must be erroring.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Anyone got any ideas?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>John<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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