We just recently purchased Radiator with the intention of using it with a
MySQL database. The section of the configuration reference is a bit
confusing as to exactly how to configure for MySQL.
Following are the errors that I get when I try to launch radiusd. I've
spaced the output out a little to make it easier to read here. And, yes...I
know this reveals critical security information. Not knowing if the problem
may be in an illegal character, I felt it was necessary to include
everything. I fully intend on changing the passwords and/or logins after the
problem is resolved.
---begin errors snip---
[root@amy goodies]#
radiusd -config_file=tcm4.cfg -dictionary_file=../dictionary.usr
Can't read $DBI::errstr, last handle unknown or destroyed at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/Radius/SqlDb.pm line 127, <FILE> chunk 33.
Mon Dec 20 15:42:17 1999: ERR: Could not connect to SQL database with
DBI->connect dbi:mysql:tcm_radius:209.96.160.7:3306, amyradiator, anl!^nwl:
Mon Dec 20 15:42:17 1999: ERR: Could not connect to any SQL database.
Request is ignored. Backing off for 600 seconds
---end errors snip---
The config file which produced those errors is basiscally the
goodies/sql.cfg with the DBSource, DBUsername and DBAuth lines changed to
reflect our MySQL setup. Here is the entire config file...
---begin tcm4.cfg---
# common-sql.cfg
#
# Example Radiator configuration file that allows you to
# authenticate from an SQL database.
# With Radiator you can interface with almost any databse schema,
# and there are many more configurable parameters that allow you
# to control database fallback, select statements, column names
# and arrangements etc etc etc.
# See the reference manual for more details.
# This is a very simple exmaple to get you started. It will
# work with the tables created by the goodies/*.sql scripts.
#
# You should consider this file to be a starting point only
# $Id: sql.cfg,v 1.3 1999/07/29 02:38:10 mikem Exp $
Foreground
LogStdout
LogDir .
DbDir .
# You will probably want to change this to suit your site.
<Client DEFAULT>
Secret mysecret
DupInterval 0
</Client>
# You can put client details in a database table
# and get their details from there with something like this:
<ClientListSQL>
DBSource dbi:mysql:tcm_radius:209.96.160.7:3306
DBUsername amyradiator
DBAuth anl!^nwl
</ClientListSQL>
# This will authenticate users from SUBSCRIBERS
<Realm DEFAULT>
<AuthBy SQL>
# Adjust DBSource, DBUsername, DBAuth to suit your DB
DBSource dbi:mysql:tcm_radius:209.96.160.7:3306
DBUsername amyradiator
DBAuth anl!^nwl
# You may want to tailor these for your ACCOUNTING table
AccountingTable ACCOUNTING
AcctColumnDef USERNAME,User-Name
AcctColumnDef TIME_STAMP,Timestamp,integer
AcctColumnDef ACCTSTATUSTYPE,Acct-Status-Type
AcctColumnDef ACCTDELAYTIME,Acct-Delay-Time,integer
AcctColumnDef ACCTINPUTOCTETS,Acct-Input-Octets,integer
AcctColumnDef ACCTOUTPUTOCTETS,Acct-Output-Octets,integer
AcctColumnDef ACCTSESSIONID,Acct-Session-Id
AcctColumnDef ACCTSESSIONTIME,Acct-Session-Time,integer
AcctColumnDef ACCTTERMINATECAUSE,Acct-Terminate-Cause
AcctColumnDef NASIDENTIFIER,NAS-Identifier
AcctColumnDef NASPORT,NAS-Port,integer
AcctColumnDef FRAMEDIPADDRESS,Framed-IP-Address
</AuthBy>
</Realm>
---end tcm4.cfg---
"tcm_radius" is the MySQL database name and "amyradiator" is the username
which has privs from the IP address of the Radiator machine. From the
Radiator machine, I can connect to the MySQL database "tcm_radius" using the
MySQL command line client. This confirms it is not an access privilege
issues at the MySQL server. I can connect and run SQL queries to view the
sample data that the mysqlCreate.sql script inserted.
Anyone have any ideas? I am stumped and need to get this up and running as
soon as possbile. The accounting staff here would like RODOPI automatically
handling dial-in account management by the start of the new year.
Danny Whitesel
Techcom.net, Inc
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