[freeside] Re: expiration process

[Mark Wells]

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On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, dk smith wrote:

> >On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 12:47:19PM -0700, Kristian Hoffmann wrote:
> >> The way I've been doing it is with Ascend RADIUS patched to use a mysql db
> >> instead of a users file.
> >
> >Yes, it is best to have your RADIUS server authenticate right out of the
> >SQL database.
> 
> If this is the case, then what is the purpose of the export program that
> writess a RADIUS User file?

It's there in case you don't know how to make RADIUS authenticate from
SQL.

> Any advice or docs on auithnticating directly with the database?

Probably the best way to proceed is to get the source for Ascend RADIUS
and the MySQL patch.  You'll have to make some modifications to make it
work with the Freeside table structure, but they're pretty
straightforward.

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