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10.1.2 Declaring the Filter

Here is how this filter is declared in the ‘raddb/config’ file:

 
filters {
    filter check_clid {
        exec-path "/usr/libexec/myfilter";
        error-log "myfilter.log";
        auth {
            input-format "%C{User-Name}
            %C{Calling-Station-Id}";
            wait-reply yes;
        };
    };        
};                        

Let's analyze this declaration line by line:

  1. filters {

    This keyword opens the filters declaration block. The block may contain several declarations.

  2. filter check_clid {

    This line starts the declaration of this particular filter and names it ‘check_clid’.

  3. exec-path "/usr/libexec/myfilter";

    This line tells radiusd where to find the executable image of this filter.

  4. error-log "myfilter.log";

    The diagnostic output from this filter must be redirected to the file ‘myfilter.log’ in the current logging directory

  5. auth {

    This filter will process authentication requests.

  6. input-format "%C{User-Name} %C{Calling-Station-Id}";

    Define the input line format for this filter. The %C{} expressions will be replaced by the values of the corresponding attributes from the incoming request (see section Macro Substitution).

  7. wait-reply yes;

    radiusd will wait for the reply from this filter to decide whether to authenticate the user.


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