RADIUS client configuratio-1.1.6n steps

[Fajar A. Nugraha]

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:53 PM,  <vikraman.p36 at wipro.com> wrote:
> Fajar,
>
> Thanks for your response.
>
> I am trying to run a sample RADIUS client and server program.

In that case, it's MUCH easier NOT to use radiusclient, but rather
just use "radtest" (and possibly also radclient) included in
freeradius-server.

On another note, I previously tried Ubuntu natty's radiusclient1
(which still uses ancient 0.3.x) that works fine, but when compiling
freeradius-client-1.1.6 it always seem to use incorrect shared secret.
Can't figure out why.

>
> Please answer for the following questions
>
> 1) In RADIUS client 1.1.6 is there any file to specify username(test) and password(test) details other than STDIN .
>
> Eg:
> test    Cleartext-Password := "test"

Just use radtest from freeradius-server. e.g.

radtest testuser testpass localhost 0 testing123

run "radtest -h" or "man radtest" for more info.

>
> 2)" usage: radiusclient [-f config_file] [-p nas_port] [-s | [-a] a1=v1 [a2=v2[...[aN=vN]...]]]"
>
> What for this [-f config_file] option mean ? what information this file contains ? do I need to specify /etc/radiusclient/servers file here ?

It's easier to use radclient from freeradius-server, see "man
radclient" for more info. For your purposes though radtest should be
enough.

-- 
Fajar