PPPD-RADATTR(8)

💖 PPPD-RADATTR 💖

okay bestie, this is the manual for radattr.so — the RADIUS utility plugin for pppd(8). yes it's a section 8 system manager page, yes it's giving very serious sysadmin energy, and yes we're still gonna make it cute. ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

radattr.so — a RADIUS utility plugin for pppd(8) 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pppd [ options ] plugin radius.so plugin radattr.so

like. that's the whole vibe. two plugins, one pppd. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the radattr plugin for pppd does one thing and does it slay: it takes all the RADIUS attributes that the RADIUS server hands back at authentication time and stores them in this file 👇

/var/run/radattr.pppN

where pppN is literally the name of the PPP interface. ngl that's the whole naming scheme, she's not complicated, she's iconic. 👑

inside the file, the RADIUS attributes are stored one per line, in this format:

Attribute-Name Attribute-Value

and that format is highkey convenient for use in /etc/ppp/ip-up and /etc/ppp/ip-down scripts. like, that's the whole point bestie, it's built for your scripts to just eat it up 🍓

⚠️ important pookie!! you must load the radius.so plugin before loading the radattr.so plugin. radattr.so depends on symbols defined in radius.so. wrong order = no cap, it will not go well. 🙈

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🌈 USAGE 🌈

to use the plugin, simply supply these options to pppd:

plugin radius.so plugin radattr.so

that's it. that's the usage. go off. ✨

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• pppd(8)
• pppd-radius(8)

the whole family fr fr 🫶

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

Dianne Skoll <dianne@skoll.ca> — queen behavior, we love her 💅👑

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and that's the page, bestie!! this came from the System Manager's Manual, page PPPD-RADATTR(8) — same name at the top, same name at the bottom, symmetrical icon energy 💖 anyway go read your attributes, mwah 🎀✨