08-30-2006
Linux as a NAS solution?
All,
I am most familiar with Solaris, and I am in the process of learning Linux (Fedora 5), and one of my tasks is to replace our current NAS solution. We currently use EMC Celerra, but it is way too expensive for what we use it for. So I have looked into Linux.
We mostly we have a Windows world here and they need access to a UNIX system because our main system (similar to SAP) has a Windows front end but a Unix back end, and they also sends print jobs to the Unix box. I thought about Samba as a replacement but I need to set a limit on the directory size for each user.
We do use Active Directory here, not sure if that helps but I figured I would throw it out there. Also, most people use it as a 'home' directory. I need to set limits per person (per home dir).
If this is confusing, please ask and I will try to explain more.
Thanks!
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rlm_expr
rlm_expr(5) FreeRADIUS Module rlm_expr(5)
NAME
rlm_expr - FreeRADIUS Module
DESCRIPTION
The rlm_expr module allows the server to perform limited mathematical calculations. This module is not called directly in any section, it
is invoked through the dynamic expansion of strings.
For example, some NAS boxes send a NAS-Port attribute which is a 32-bit number composed of port, card, and interface, all in different
bytes. To see these attributes split into pieces, you can have an entry in the 'users' file like:
DEFAULT
Vendor-Interface = `%{expr: %{NAS-Port} / (256 * 256)}`,
Vendor-Card = `%{expr: (%{NAS-Port} / 256) %% 256}`,
Vendor-Port = `%{expr: %{NAS-Port} %% 256}`
where the attributes Vendor-Interface, Vendor-Card, and Vendor-Port are attributes created by either you or a vendor-supplied dictionary.
The methematical operators supported by the expression module are:
+ addition
- subtraction
/ division
%% modulo remainder
* multiplication
& boolean AND
| boolean OR
() grouping of sub-expressions
NOTE: The modulo remainder operator is '%%', and not '%'. This is due to the '%' character being used as a special character for dynamic
translation.
NOTE: These operators do NOT have precedence. The parsing of the input string, and the calculation of the answer, is done strictly left to
right. If you wish to order the expressions, you MUST group them into sub-expression, as shown in the previous example.
All of the calculations are performed as unsigned 32-bit integers.
CONFIGURATION
modules {
...
expr {
}
...
}
...
instantiate {
...
expr
...
}
SECTIONS
instantiate
FILES
/etc/raddb/radiusd.conf
SEE ALSO
radiusd(8), radiusd.conf(5)
AUTHOR
Chris Parker, cparker@segv.org
5 February 2004 rlm_expr(5)