On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 21:29 +0100, Ivan Kalik wrote:
No. Your understanding of how it works is incomplete.

Ok, fair enough.  But,...

> The example "buffered-sql" file says to use one virtual server to log to
> the detail file,

Yes. That would be default virtual server (by default).

...I was actually considering that perhaps the explanation meant the "default" config was the virtual server writing to the detail file.  I suppose I should have gone with my initial instincts on that one instead of thinking "that can't possibly be right".

Make sure that the detail file default virtual server writes to is the
same that buffered-sql will read from (it isn't same by default).
Uncomment sql in accunting section of buffered-sql.

Thanks for explaining/confirming that for me.  I made the necessary changes in the detail module, and now accounting records are being buffered. Yeah!

Hopefully I'll still have a working config when I eventually test with the real NAS hardware instead of with just the radclient app.

> Also, decoupled-accounting appears to me to be very similar to
> buffered-sql.  If it's not, how is it different?

Default virtual server doesn't write to detail file but special virtual
server (write_detail.example.com) does that. Accounting is totally
separated from authentication.

So, once buffered-sql is configured correctly, it's the same thing as decoupled-accounting.  Is that right?  What I'm trying to say is that although these are two different terms, the end result is exactly the same?

Regards,

Ranbir

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