clients.conf(5)

NAME
clients.conf - FreeRADIUS client configuration

DESCRIPTION
The clients.conf file contains definitions of RADIUS clients.

The information in this file overrides any information provided in the deprecated clients(5) and naslist(5) files.

The file format is the same as that used for radiusd.conf. See radiusd.conf(5) for more details.

Each RADIUS client entry has the following basic form:

    client <hostname|ip-address|ip-network> {
           <attribute> = <value>
     }

ip-network is used to specify a network of clients. Networks are specified in CIDR notation. If multiple overlapping networks are defined, the best match (smallest possible network) will be chosen for a packet.

ATTRIBUTES
The attributes that can appear in a client section are listed below. Required attributes are labelled as such. All other attributes are optional.

secret [Required]
    The RADIUS shared secret used for communication between the client/NAS and the RADIUS server.

shortname [Required]
    A short alias that can be used in place of the IP address or fully qualified hostname provided in the first line of the section.

nastype
    The nastype attribute is used to tell the checkrad.pl script which NAS-specific method it should use when checking simultaneous use. The following values are currently recognized:
    cisco
    computone
    livingston
    max40xx
    multitech
    netserver
    pathras
    patton
    portslave
    tc
    usrhiper
    other

login
    Reserved for future use.

password
    Reserved for future use.

EXAMPLES

    client 127.0.0.1 {
            secret          = testing123
            shortname       = localhost
            nastype         = other
    }

This adds a client for the loopback address. This is useful in testing the server locally, for example with radclient(1).

    client 192.168.0.0/24 {
           secret          = testing123-1
           shortname       = private-network-1
    }

This entry represents any client from the 192.168.0.0/24 network.

FILES
/etc/raddb/clients.conf /etc/raddb/radiusd.conf

SEE ALSO
radiusd(8), radiusd.conf(5), clients(5), naslist(5)

AUTHOR
This manual page was authored by Shawn K. O'Shea <shawn@eth0.net>. FreeRADIUS is authored by the FreeRADIUS team. http://freeradius.org/