Freeradius2 and proxing

5 Feb 2008

      In freeradius 1, if I need to proxy requests whose realm are remote,
I put the following in proxy.conf:
...
realm DEFAULT {
        type = radius
        authhost = remote.server1.com:1812
        accthost = remote.server1.com:1813
        secret = ****************
        ldflag = round_robin
        nostrip }
realm DEFAULT {
        type = radius
        authhost = remote.server2.com:1812
        accthost = remote.server2.com:1813
        secret = ****************
        ldflag = round_robin
        nostrip
}
I've tried to put the same lines in my freeradius2 config file and it
does not work as expected:

radius -X output:

     rlm_realm: Looking up realm "extern.realm.com" for User-Name =  
"anonymous@extern.realm.com"
     rlm_realm: No such realm "extern.realm.com"

Then, the request is done locally.

If I put in my proxy.conf file this domain explicitely, it works fine:
...
realm extern.realm.com {
        type = radius
        authhost = remote.server2.com:1812
        accthost = remote.server2.com:1813
        secret = ****************
        ldflag = round_robin
        nostrip
}
radius -X output:

     rlm_realm: Looking up realm "extern.realm.com" for User-Name =  
"anonymous@extern.realm.com"
     rlm_realm: Found realm "extern.realm.com"
     rlm_realm: Proxying request from user anonymous to realm extern.realm.com
     rlm_realm: Adding Realm = "extern.realm.com"
     rlm_realm: Preparing to proxy accounting request to realm  
"extern.realm.com"

Regards,

Vincent Magnin