And /var/AccountingProcessor.jar is accessible by the FreeRADIUS user, yes? Check the permissions on the jar and also check that the FreeRADIUS user can launch Java. Stefan From: freeradius-users-bounces+stefan.paetow=ja.net@lists.freeradius.org [mailto:freeradius-users-bounces+stefan.paetow=ja.net@lists.freeradius.org] On Behalf Of Muhammad Usman Sent: 16 April 2014 14:08 To: FreeRadius users mailing list Subject: Re: Executing an external program Hi, I have tried to put single quotes, in that case error is expand: %{exec:/usr/bin/java -jar '/var/AccountingProcessor.jar' usman test} -> ++[reply] returns updated Sending Accounting-Response of id 23 to 192.168.6.121 port 55006 Finished request 1. Cleaning up request 1 ID 23 with timestamp +11 Going to the next request Error: Unable to access jarfile '/var/AccountingProcessor.jar' On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Matthew Newton <mcn4@leicester.ac.uk<mailto:mcn4@leicester.ac.uk>> wrote: On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 05:33:49PM +0500, Muhammad Usman wrote:
update reply { Tmp-String-0 = "%{exec:/usr/bin/java -jar "/var/AccountingProcessor.jar" arg1 arg2 >> /home/user/capture.log}" }
Firing up java on each packet is likely to kill your service.
++[exec] returns noop [attr_filter.accounting_response] expand: %{User-Name} -> muhd.usman@hotmail.com<mailto:muhd.usman@hotmail.com> attr_filter: Matched entry DEFAULT at line 12 ++[attr_filter.accounting_response] returns updated ERROR: Badly formatted variable: %{exec:/usr/bin/java -jar You've got quoting problems. Either escape the quotes around /var/AccountingProcessor.jar, remove them, or use ' instead.
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