.TH CLIENTS 5 "16 March 2001".SH NAMEclients \- RADIUS clients file.SH DESCRIPTIONThe \fIclients\fP file resides in the radius database directory,by default \fI/etc/raddb\fP. Its use is depreciated in favour of \fIclients.conf\fP.Every line starting with a hash sign.RB (' # ')is treated as comment and ignored..PPEach line of the file contains two white-space delimited fields..IP client hostnameThe RADIUS clients hostname.  This may be a plain hostname, or adotted-quad IP address..IP secretThis is the so-called "shared secret" that is held between a RADIUSserver and client. It is used to encrypt passwords in RADIUS packets,and also for authentication. You need to configure the same secreton the client (terminal server) as in this file..PPThe.I clientsfile is read by \fBradiusd\fP on startup only..SH FILES.I /etc/raddb/clients.SH "SEE ALSO".BR radiusd (8),.BR clients.conf (5).BR naslist (5)