Re: [Help-gnu-radius] clients file question

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hi Brent,

> Is the "raddb/clients" file necessary for a radius server?

Yes, it is.

> That is,
> what is the default behavior of radiusd if this file is missing or empty?
> Will it refuse authentication requests from localhost since localhost
> isn't listed in raddb/clients?  Will it allow any external NAS to 
> connect?

It will not accept any incoming requests.

> Also, is it sufficient to put 127.0.0.1 or "localhost" in the clients
> file (as opposed to the IP address of a real network interface), if 
> you want to allow localhost to request authentication?

The address mentioned in config should coincide with the source address
from which the requests will be sent. If these will come from the
loopback interface, then set 127.0.0.1 there.

Regards,
Sergey