.TH clients.conf 5 "13 June 2005" "" "FreeRADIUS client configuration".SH NAMEclients.conf \- FreeRADIUS client configuration.SH DESCRIPTIONThe .I clients.conffile contains definitions of RADIUS clients..PPThe information in this file overrides any information provided inthe deprecated .BR clients (5)and .BR naslist (5)files..PPThe file format is the same as that used for.I radiusd.conf.See .BR radiusd.conf (5)for more details..PPEach RADIUS client entry has the following basic form:.IP.nfclient <hostname|ip-address|ip-network> {       <attribute> = <value> }.fi.LPip-network is used to specify a network of clients. Networks arespecified in CIDR notation. If multiple overlapping networks aredefined, the best match (smallest possible network) will be chosen fora packet..SH ATTRIBUTESThe attributes that can appear in a .B clientsection are listed below. Required attributes are labelled assuch. All other attributes are optional..PP.TP 0.5i.B secret [Required]The RADIUS shared secret used for communication between the client/NASand the RADIUS server..TP 0.5i.B shortname [Required]A short alias that can be used in place of the IP address or fullyqualified hostname provided in the first line of the section..TP 0.5i.B nastypeThe nastype attribute is used to tell the .BR checkrad.plscript which NAS-specific method it should use when checkingsimultaneous use.The following values are currently recognized:.nfciscocomputonelivingstonmax40xxmultitechnetserverpathraspattonportslavetcusrhiperother.fi.TP 0.5i.B loginReserved for future use..TP 0.5i.B passwordReserved for future use..SH EXAMPLES.IP.nfclient 127.0.0.1 {        secret          = testing123        shortname       = localhost        nastype         = other     }.fi.LPThis adds a client for the loopback address. This is useful in testingthe server locally, for example with .BR radclient (1)..IP.nfclient 192.168.0.0/24 {       secret          = testing123-1       shortname       = private-network-1}.fi.LPThis entry represents any client from the 192.168.0.0/24 network. .SH FILES.I /etc/raddb/clients.conf.I /etc/raddb/radiusd.conf.SH "SEE ALSO".BR radiusd (8),.BR radiusd.conf (5),.BR clients (5),.BR naslist (5).SH AUTHORThis manual page was authored by Shawn K. O'Shea <shawn@eth0.net>.FreeRADIUS is authored by the FreeRADIUS team. http://freeradius.org/