Section: Cistron Radius Daemon (1)Updated: 24 Februari 2001Local indexUp
NAME
radclient -- send packets to a RADIUS server, show reply
SYNOPSIS
radclient
[-draddb_directory]
[-ffile]
[-isource_ip]
server acct|auth secret
DESCRIPTION
Radclient is a radius client program. It can send arbitrary radius
packets to a radius server, then shows the reply. It can be used to
test changes you mande in the configuration of the radius server,
or it can be used to monitor if a radius server is up.
Radclient reads radius attribute/value pairs from it standard
input, or from a file specified on the command line. It then encodes
these attribute/value pairs using the dictionary, and sends them
to the remote server.
The Password attribute is automatically encrypted by radclient.
OPTIONS
-d raddb_directory
The directory that contains the RADIUS dictionary files. Defaults to
/etc/raddb.
-f file
File to read the attribute/value pairs from. If this is not specified,
they are read from stdin.
-i source_ip
The source IP address to use for sending radius packets.
server[:port]
The hostname or IP address of the remote server. Optionally a UDP port
can be specified. If no UDP port is specified, it is looked up in
/etc/services. The service name looked for is radacct for
accounting packets, and radius for all other requests. If a
service is not found in /etc/services, 1646 and 1645 are used
respectively.
acct|auth
Use auth to send an authentication packet, or acct to send
an accounting packet. Instead of auth or acct, you can
also use a decimal code here. For example, code 12 is Status-Server.
secret
The shared secret for this client. Needs to be defined on the radius
server side too, for the IP address you are sending the radius packets
from.
EXAMPLE
A sample session that queries the remote server for Status-Server
(not all servers support this, but Cistron Radius does since version
1.6.5):
$ echo "User-Name = fnord" | radclient 192.168.1.42 12 s3cr3t
Sending request to server 192.168.1.42, port 1645.
radrecv: Packet from host 192.168.1.42 code=2, id=140, length=54
Reply-Message = "Cistron Radius up 21 days, 02:05"