5.5.1 Syntax of `raddb/nastypes'

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Syntax

Type

Type of the NAS which is described in this record.

Method

Method to use to query a NAS of given type.

Arguments

Arguments to pass to this method. Each argument is a pair arg=value, where arg is its name and value is a value assigned to it. The list of predefined argument names follows. Note, that no intervening whitespace is allowed in this field.

Methods

Version 1.3 of GNU Radius supports following querying methods: finger, snmp, external and guile. <FIXME> Describe these fully </> .

Arguments

In the discussion below n means numeric and s string value.

The following arguments are predefined:

Common for all methods

function=s

Specifies the check function to use with this method (see section 11.2.5 Login Verification Functions). This argument must be present. For description of how this function is applied, see 7.9 Multiple Login Checking.

port=n

Use port number n instead of the default for the given method.

Method snmp

password=s

Use community s instead of the default. This argument must be present.

retries=n

Retry n times before giving up.

timeout=n

Timeout n seconds on each retry.

Method finger

timeout=n

Give up if the NAS does not respond within n seconds.

notcp

tcp=0

Disable the use of T/TCP for hosts with a broken TCP implementation.

arg=subst

Send subst to finger, instead of username. subst must be one of macro variables, described below.

Macro variables

The following macro-variables are recognized and substituted when encountered in the value pair of an argument: <FIXME> Describe new syntax for extendable strings. Notice, that the use of old meta-characters is deprecated. </>

`%u'

Expands to username.

`%s'

Expands to session id.

`%d'

Expands to session id converted to decimal representation.

`%p'

Expands to port number.

`%P'

Expands to port number + 1.