NAS list update without restarting radius server.

Ivan Kalik tnt at kalik.net
Sat Apr 12 10:27:01 CEST 2008


nasname on your AP goes into NAS-Identifier filed in access request.
It's not the same as nasname in nas table which takes NAS IP or FQDN.
You can put it in shortname filed. "Secret per NAS" = "Secret per NAS
IP address".

Ivan Kalik
Kalik Informatika ISP

Dana 11/4/2008, "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" <ml at t-b-o-h.net> piše:

>Hi,
>
>	If I choose DNS name, and I don't fully qualify it,
>does it follow the standard BIND rules of using the "domain"
>setting, or going down the "search" path?
>
>	Reason I'm trying to avoid the IP or the FQDN is that
>I was hoping to use the nasname along with the secret in
>the UAM program I'm using for a "Secret per NAS" situation.
>The hotspots are already using just a nasname currently (Which
>is just something like SBC-1427). (Then again, getting the
>client to put all the NAS into DNS is going to be a tough
>sell too)
>
>		Thanks, Tuc
>>
>> IP address (or DNS name) goes into nasname field.
>>
>> Ivan Kalik
>> Kalik Informatika ISP
>>
>>
>> Dana 11/4/2008, "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" <ml at t-b-o-h.net> piše:
>>
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >	I had actually kept this email in my queue to implement
>> >someday. Today is someday. But I have a question.
>> >
>> >	The config file contains IP addresses, which the nas.sql
>> >doesn't. How do I sync up the format of the clients.conf with
>> >the nas.sql?
>> >
>> >client nas_shortname {
>> >	ipaddr = ??????????
>> >		(or)
>> >	ipv6addr = ????????
>> >	netmask = ????????
>> >	secret = nas_secret
>> >	require_message_authenticator = ????????
>> >	shortname = nas_shortname
>> >	nastype = nas_type
>> >	virtual_server = ????????
>> >}
>> >
>> >		Thanks, Tuc
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> in sql.conf it says:
>> >>
>> >> Set readclients to 'yes' to read radius clients from the database
>> >> ('nas' table)
>> >> Clients will ONLY be read on server startup.  For performance
>> >> and security reasons, finding clients via SQL queries CANNOT
>> >> be done "live" while the server is running.
>> >>
>> >> Best,
>> >> Walter
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Am 22.01.2008 um 19:30 schrieb Pawel Cieplinski:
>> >>
>> >> > Hi there
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Everything works fine so far, but after adding a new NAS to DB,
>> >> > radius server need restart to read this data, I am trying to
>> >> > manipulate nas list without restarting freeradius, but due to lack
>> >> > od documentation could you help me with that please.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Pawel Cieplinski
>
>
>




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