(RADIATOR) Acct-Session-Time Questions

[Hugh Irvine]

Hello Dan -

The Acct-Session-Time attribute is received from the NAS and the value 
is whatever the NAS has reported. Radiator simply transcribes the 
attribute/value pair into the logs. You don't say what type of 
accounting requests are shown below, but I would guess they are 
"Alive's", in which case the values are probably cumulative. Starting a 
new log file will have no effect on the values at all. And yes the 
value is a number of seconds - see the radius RFC's for the attribute 
definitions (included in the Radiator distribution in the "doc" 
directory - "rfc2865.txt" and "rfc2866.txt").

I will need to see a copy of your configuration file (no secrets) 
together with a trace 4 debug from Radiator to be able to say any more. 
You should also check with your NAS vendor for the details of what is 
sent in the accounting records.

regards

Hugh


On Thursday, Aug 14, 2003, at 01:44 Australia/Melbourne, Dan Vande More 
wrote:

> I have a few questions related to Acct-Session-Time. I seem to have 
> answered most of them, but some I'm second guessing myself on.
>
> First I see this in my session logs for a distinct user:
>
>         Acct-Session-Time = 710920
>         Acct-Session-Time = 711733
>         Acct-Session-Time = 712554
>         Acct-Session-Time = 713450
>         Acct-Session-Time = 714335
>         Acct-Session-Time = 715209
>         Acct-Session-Time = 716083
>         Acct-Session-Time = 716903
>         Acct-Session-Time = 717728
>         Acct-Session-Time = 718596
>         Acct-Session-Time = 719435
>         Acct-Session-Time = 720306
>
> So, I'm assuming the Acct-Session-Time is cumulative.
> These numbers descend all the way down to 15, in (random) increments.
>
> Are these numbers calculated on the fly, by radiator, from the detail 
> file? So If i rotate the logfile every month, it starts over on a new 
> log file?
>
> Additionally, are these numbers in seconds (Another assumption I'm 
> making)?
>
> If so, then my math(bc 1.06) shows:
>
> 720306/60
> 12005
> 12005/60
> 200
>
> So this user has had 200 hours of active session time?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dan Vande More
>
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NB: have you included a copy of your configuration file (no secrets),
together with a trace 4 debug showing what is happening?

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