The Expiration module does exactly what you require. It also calculates the correct session timeout and it is fine grained it uses the format "Expiration := 01 Sep 2005 12:00:00" in the radcheck table. What version of freeradius are you using? In older versions the granularity of the time was limited but I am using the version 1.4 with the CVS code for the expiration module compiled in and it works exactly as you require Regards Jaco -----Original Message----- From: freeradius-users-bounces+jaco=alwayson.co.za@lists.freeradius.org [mailto:freeradius-users-bounces+jaco=alwayson.co.za@lists.freeradius.org] On Behalf Of Jon Pipitone Sent: 07 January 2006 08:15 AM To: freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org Subject: User accounts that expire and timeout Hey all, I'm working to set up a wireless hotspot using mikrotik, freeradius, and mysql. Actually the initial setup went pretty smoothly, so a big thank you to everyone that contributed to the documentation and mailing lists. Right now I'm looking to set up user accounts that are only valid for a certain date range (for instance, from today at noon until tomorrow at noon). In essence I want to set some sort of expiry date on the user account. But, as well, I'd like the session time limit for the user to be set so that the user can't stay logged in after the expire date (i.e. log in just before the expiry time and stay logged in for a few more hours.). During the time when the account is valid (i.e. hasn't expired) the user should be able to log in and out as much as the'd like, or stay logged in for the entire time. In other words, the Session-Timeout ought to be exactly the difference in time from when they log in to when the account expires. I've done a bit of reading through the mailing list archives and the documentation. I wasn't able to get the Expiration attribute to work (i can elaborate if need be), but then even if it did it isn't fine-grained enough (only down to the day) and I still wasn't sure how to automatically adjust the Session-Timeout. I was toying with using a sqlcounter somehow, but I thought it best to ask for ideas before I dive in again. Thanks in advance, Regards, jon - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html