(RADIATOR) IMPORTANT - %{User-Name} and %0 ( whats the difference ?)

[Hugh Irvine]

Hello Hesham -

It is the difference between "%{User-Name}" and "%0" in the context of a 
string definition that includes Radiator "special characters" that are 
interpreted internally by a routine called "format_special". This routine can 
be called with both references to the current request and reply packets, and 
with positional arguments. "%{User-Name}" refers to an attribute in the 
current request, while "%0" refers to a positional argument as documented in 
the Radiator reference manual.

In this particular case (Radius/AuthADSI.pm) there is a bug, as the call to 
"format_special" does not include the reference to the current request, so 
the interpretation of "%{User-Name} fails, while "%0" works.

Please read through the Radius RFC's and the Radiator reference manual (both 
included in the "doc" directory of the Radiator distribution) and also have a 
look at the souce code if you are interested.

regards

Hugh


On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 06:43, hesham farouk wrote:
> whats the difference between %{User-Name} and %0(User-Name) ..?
>
> > > > I'm finding some problems with GroupUserBindString. It seems that it
>
> is
>
> > > > not replacing %{User-Name} with its value, which is being updated
> > > > from the PreAuthHook. The %{User-Name} works fine with AuthUser &
>
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