Hello David -
On Fri, 07 Jul 2000, David Lloyd wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Hugh Irvine wrote:
>
> > > Am I forgetting anything? Also, if I *don't* specify Nocache in my AuthBy
> > > FILE, when is the user file read? Is it before or after the StartupHook
> > > is executed?
> >
> > In an AuthBy FILE, the user file is read initially at startup, and is
> > reread whenever the modification time on the file changes. I would not
> > recommend using the NoCache parameter, as it will have a very large
> > performance hit.
>
> That wasn't exactly my question... my question was, is the file read
> initially before or after the StartupHook? This is assuming I am NOT
> using Nocache.
>
Ahhh - OK. The AuthBy FILE clause will initially read the users file when it is
initialised during startup. The StartupHook is called after all modules are
initialised, just before the main event loop is entered.
Have a look at section 19 in the Radiator 2.16.1 reference manual, and if you
are interested have a read of "radiusd" itself to see what happens when.
regards
Hugh
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