rlm_files(5)							 FreeRADIUS Module						      rlm_files(5)

NAME

       rlm_files - FreeRADIUS Module

DESCRIPTION

       The  rlm_files  module  uses  the 'users' file for accessing authorization information for users.  Additionally, it supports a 'users' file
       syntax to be applied to the accounting and pre-proxy sections.

       The main configuration items to be aware of are:

       usersfile
	      The filename of the 'users' file, which is parsed during the authorization stage of this module.

       acctusersfile
	      The filename of the 'users' file, which is parsed during the accounting stage of this module.

       preproxy_usersfile
	      The filename of the 'users' file, which is parsed during the pre_proxy stage of this module.

       compat This option allows FreeRADIUS to parse an old style Cistron syntax.  The default is 'no'.  If you need to parse an old style Cistron
	      file, set this option to 'cistron'.

       key    This option lets you set the attribute to use as a key to find entries.  The default is "%{Stripped-User-Name:-%{User-Name}}".  Note
	      that the key MUST supply real data.  Dynamic attributes like "Group" will not work, because the "Group" attribute can only  be  used
	      as a comparison, to see if a user is in a Unix group.  It will not return the name of the Unix group that a user is in.

       If you want to use groups as a key, see the rlm_passed, which will create a real attribute that contains the group name.

       This configuration entry enables you to have configurations that perform per-group checks, and return per-group attributes, where the group
       membership is dynamically defined by a previous module.	It also lets you do things like key off of attributes in the  reply,  and  express
       policies like like "when I send replies containing attribute FOO with value BAR, do more checks, and maybe send additional attributes".

CONFIGURATION

       modules {
	 ... stuff here ...
	 files {
	   usersfile = %{confdir}/users
	   acctusersfile = %{confdir}/acct_users
	   preproxy_usersfile = %{confdir}/preproxy_users
	   compat = no
	   key = %{Stripped-User-Name:-%{User-Name}}
	 }
	 ... stuff here ...
       }

SECTIONS

       authorization, accounting, pre_proxy

FILES

       /etc/raddb/radiusd.conf, /etc/raddb/users, /etc/raddb/acct_users, /etc/raddb/preproxy_users

SEE ALSO

       radiusd(8), radiusd.conf(5), users(5)

AUTHORS

       Chris Parker, cparker@segv.org

								  5 February 2004						      rlm_files(5)