Hi Ian,
On Jun 21, 3:13pm, Ian Quorn wrote:
> Subject: (RADIATOR) AcctLogFileFormat problem
>
> We're in the process of switching to Radiator 2.13.1 from an ugly mix of
> Merit, Cistron, and Ascend Access Control. It's looking good so far, but
> I've run into a bit of a snag. I'm trying to specify what gets written
> into the accounting files with AcctLogFileFormat statement, but I'm not
> getting the results the reference manual implies I should.
>
> Here's a brief snippet of an accounting record with no
> AcctLogFileFormat:
>
> Thu Jun 17 17:42:05 1999
> User-Name = "fred@joe"
> NAS-IP-Address = 192.168.10.11
> NAS-Port = 51
> NAS-Port-Type = Async
> (long list of other attributes follows)
>
> As a test, I decided to see if I could specify an AcctLogFileFormat
> clause that would result in the same detail file format. So I added the
> following to a test realm:
>
> AcctLogFileFormat %{User-Name} %{NAS-IP-Address} %{NAS-Port} etc.
>
> which is similar to the example in the ref manual (section 6.12.5). But
> when I reloaded and ran a radpwtst, I ended up with the following:
>
> fred@joe 192.168.10.11 Async Start 1234
>
> i.e., no datestamp at the start, no "attribute = " in front of the
> values, and no newlines.
>
> Any ideas regarding what I'm missing?
Those %{attributename} things get replaced by the value of the attribute, so if
you wanted to see User-Name = "fred@joe", you would have to have:
User-Name = "%{User-Name}" etc.
Use %l to get the datestamp (you may need the patched radiusd at
http://www.open.com.au/radiator/downloads/patches-2.13.1/ to get this)
There is currently no way to have linefeeds embedded in parameter in the config
file, but you could do it with something like this:
AcctLogFileFormat file:"xyzzy"
and the file xyzzy to have:
%l
User-Name = "%{User-Name}"
NAS-IP-Address = %{NAS-IP-Address}
etc
Hope that helps.
Cheers.
>
> I'm doing this because our billing guy noticed that when Radiator
> handles accounting, we end up with a "timestamp" attribute that's not
> recorded when AAC does the accounting. His software won't understand the
> extra attribute. He could change the software, but I'd like to get this
> AcctLogFileFormat working so we can leave out attributes we decide not to
> use in the future. If anyone's got any ideas on how to simply leave out
> one or more attributes without a AcctLogFileFormat statement, I'd love to
> hear them.
>
>
> Ian Quorn
> UNIX mook -- IWBC
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>My painted face melts as I recede
>Into my own reality - into my hole"
>-Solitude Aeturnus, "Never"
>
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