Duplicate "object" definition

[Alan DeKok]

On Nov 3, 2024, at 9:05 PM, Alex Zetaeffesse <fzetafs at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm playing/testing with 3.2.6 to better understand how freeradius behaves
> when finding duplicate definitions.

  I'm not sure why this is important, but OK.

> I created a copy of the filter policy, calling it policy.d/filter2 and I
> defined the object/policy filter_username in this way:
> ..
> Now, when in the directory policy.d I only have the file filter2, I always
> get the expected Access-Reject, if I just have the default file filter I
> get Access-Accept (the user is correctly configured in the file users).
> If I have both files (filter and filter 2), when I launch radiusd -X I get,
> the file filter is loaded first and then the file filter2

  Yes.

> How are duplicate objects treated? Is the first definition that's retained
> or the last? From my experiment it seems the first is retained.
> May you please confirm?

  You've tested it's behavior, and verified how it works.  I'm not sure that there's much to confirm.

  If you think this is a bug, then we're happy to accept a patch which fixes this.  If this isn't a bug, then the behavior is fine.

  Alan DeKok.