wrong user name is stored in mysql radacct table

[Alan DeKok]

Zeli Kartzman wrote:
> we are running freeradius-1.0.5-1.2 and mysql-5.0.27-1.fc5
> when i look at the radacct table in the mysql database i see there are a
> number of entries with a non-existent user. i.e. 
> D4JM4P61\\Kimberly Higgins

  That is the name sent in the outer TLS tunnel.

> when i look at the radius.log file i see that the correct user name
> appears and then the wrong one. why is the wrong one being stored in the
> database?

  Because that's the name the user is sending in order to login.

  It's not like FreeRADIUS invents random names, and logs them to SQL.
Everything happens because of information the NAS sends in a packet.

  Alan DeKok.
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