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_passwd, 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 "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/freeradius/3.0/radiusd.conf,                               /etc/freeradius/3.0/users,
       /etc/freeradius/3.0/acct_users, /etc/freeradius/3.0/preproxy_users

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHORS

       Chris Parker, cparker@segv.org

                                         5 February 2004                             rlm_files(5)