[PATCH] internal attribute Client-Short-Name

[Joe Maimon]

Alan DeKok wrote:

> Joe Maimon <jmaimon at ttec.com> wrote:
> 
>>But if I wanted to I could already send back specific attr's based on 
>>client IP address. Abstracting it to a configured commonality, such as a 
>>substring in shortname makes for a very simple setup.
> 
> 
>   The feature I detailed lets you do that.  The only problem is that
> the "users" file isn't designed to implement such complex
> functionality.
> 
>   In the CVS head, the "policy" module DOES support more complex
> functionality.
> 
> 
>>and in my users file I would have
>>
>>DEFAULT		Client-Short-Name =~ "dialupresllerX.*"
>>	<LT2P tunneling attributes for example>
> 
> 
>   You can apply the string expansion I described above to create that
> attribute.  e.g. Add "Client-Short-Name" to the dictionary, and in the
> "hints file, do:
> 
> DEFAULT
> 	Client-Short-Name = "%{config:....."}
> 
>   You can then do the checks you want in the "users" file.
> 
> 


This is cool and all but the limitation imposed by requiring clients IP 
addresses is a pain.

Should/Could this be addressed? Would a patch be welcomed? Has it 
already been addressed?