Help with Configuration

[Alexandre Le Noir]

I apologize for not clarifying the questions and for asking too many
useless questions about the topic.


The solution works, but it is not at the required level, and
Session-Timeout did not happen before.


I will send you a copy of the configuration I am using.


I am using Routerboard 1036 with the latest version, which is supposed to
never have these problems, especially session repetition.


The problem I haven't found a solution for yet is that when there is a
power outage and the server shuts down and restarts, users in Radius remain
connected to the previous session without terminating it and reconnect to a
new session.


This results in two sessions containing acctstoptime = Null.


I have not yet been able to find the cause and solution to this problem.


You say that you sent a file containing instructions, but the file is not
in the attachments either.

‫في الاثنين، 24 نوفمبر 2025 في 11:18 م تمت كتابة ما يلي بواسطة ‪Alan DeKok
via Freeradius-Users‬‏ <‪freeradius-users at lists.freeradius.org‬‏>:‬

> On Nov 24, 2025, at 3:03 PM, Alexandre Le Noir <muhanadali27 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > You don't understand me. I know that Disconnect a user with Coa is very
> > easy.
>
>   If I don't understand you, it's because you're not asking good
> questions.  You asked how to disconnect a user, and I pointed you to a file
> which contains complete instructions for doing that.  You then asked where
> the instructions were.
>
>   This is not productive.
>
> > But the problem is how to make the termination happen after the user's
> time
> > is expire.
>
>   You can use a cron job to find expired sessions and delete them from the
> SQL database.  As I said in my first message, you can use SQL queries to
> update the SQL database.
>
>   However, this only deletes the sessions from the SQL database.  If the
> user is still online, the NAS will send accounting packets, and the SQL
> database will again show an open session for that user.
>
>   If you're sending Session-Timeout in the Access-Accept to enforce
> expiry, then the NAS should enforce that.  If you're not sending
> Session-Timeout, fix your configuration to send it.
>
>   If the NAS is ignoring Session-Timeout, then throw the NAS in the
> garbage, and buy one that implements RADIUS properly.  Session-Timeout has
> been defined for about 30 years, so any NAS which ignores it is completely
> broken.
>
> > What I am doing now is using an external tool
> >
> > through disconnect.conf in mods-enabled.
>
>   That might work, but it's fragile.
>
>   Part of the problem here is that it's now taken 3 messages for you to
> explain what you're actually doing.  This is not helpful.  If you ask a
> vague question, we can only reply with a vague answer.  If you ask a GOOD
> question with details, the answer is likely to be more helpful.
>
>   So your question is how to disconnect a user.  You seem to have a
> solution in hand.  Does it work?  If so, you don't need to change it.
>
>   If the solution doesn't work, then ask a question about WHY the solution
> doesn't work.  Post the debug logs (as suggested in ALL of the
> documentation).
>
>   Alan DeKok.
>
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