explains it. dns is broken in my development environment.

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan DeKok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 2:30 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: users file not using multiple directives 


"Michael Komitee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i'm using radtest to generate the radius packet, radtest includes a line
> nas = `hostname`
> 
> and then includes in the packet NAS-IP-Address = $nas
> 
> so it's sending my hostname instead of my IP, radiusd wants an ip
> address and seems to evaluate a string of characters to 255.255.255.255,

  It doesn't, unless DNS is broken.  That address is the official 'no
such address' marker.

  Using the hostname in radtest works.  It's one of the requirements,
that hostnames are looked up, and converted to addresses.

  Alan DeKok.

- 
List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html

-
List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html

Reply via email to