Hello,

I have problem in adding new VSA dictionary file into Freeradius 2.1.6. Below you can find the steps I performed;

- create  the file named dictionary.alcatel.esam with the following content in /usr/local/share/freeradius/ folder;

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VENDOR          Alcatel-ESAM    637

BEGIN-VENDOR Alcatel-ESAM
ATTRIBUTE       A-ESAM-VRF-Name           0x0700        string
ATTRIBUTE       A-ESAM-Vlan-Id            0x0701        integer
ATTRIBUTE       A-ESAM-QOS-Profile-Name   0x0702        string
ATTRIBUTE       A-ESAM-QOS-Params         0x0703        string
ATTRIBUTE       A-ESAM-Termination-Cause  0x0704        integer

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END-VENDOR Alcatel-ESAM

- add the line below into /usr/local/share/freeradius/dictionary file;

$INCLUDE dictionary.netscreen
$INCLUDE dictionary.networkphysics
$INCLUDE dictionary.nexans
$INCLUDE dictionary.ntua
$INCLUDE dictionary.nokia
$INCLUDE dictionary.alcatel.esam

- start radiusd with debugging option.

I get the following error message (radiusd -X ) ;

including dictionary file /usr/local/etc/raddb/dictionary
Errors reading dictionary: dict_init: /usr/local/share/freeradius/dictionary.alcatel.esam[9]: dict_init: /usr/local/share/freeradius/dictionary.alcatel.esam[9]:

According to my analysis, freeradius does not like the hex values in the VSA dictionary file i.e : 0x0700 . So I tried to make it decimal which is 1792 but still getting the same error message. It seems those attribute numbers should be in a lower range, because if I start from 1 , and I don't get the message in question. But in this case, the attribute becomes unknown resulting in having not applied while user authentication.

Is there a way to overcome this problem ?

Thanks

Salim Engin