(RADIATOR) ExpirationDate format crashes Util.pm

Dave Kitabjian dave at netcarrier.com
Wed Nov 17 08:24:33 CST 2004


Thanks, Hugh.

Let me see if we can schedule doing an upgrade across the board, and get back to you with the results...

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hugh Irvine [mailto:hugh at open.com.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 12:56 AM
> To: Dave Kitabjian
> Cc: radiator at open.com.au
> Subject: Re: (RADIATOR) ExpirationDate format crashes Util.pm
> 
> 
> Hello Dave -
> 
> Yes the new version should fix the problem.
> 
> We would be grateful if you could do some testing for us and confirm.
> 
> If there is still a problem we would be keen to fix it as always.
> 
> The latest version is Radiator 3.11 (plus a few patches).
> 
> regards
> 
> Hugh
> 
> 
> On 17 Nov 2004, at 07:07, Dave Kitabjian wrote:
> 
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > We just had a problem yesterday that smoothly "failed over" from one
> > Radiator box to another until they all "failed".
> >
> >  We introduced a software bug that started provisioning
> > ExpirationDates in the following format:
> >
> > Mon Nov 15 14:30:33 2004: DEBUG: LDAP got nccheckitem:
> > Expiration="12/18/2004"
> >
> > Rather than the "correct" format:
> >
> > Tue Nov 16 11:41:24 2004: DEBUG: LDAP got nccheckitem: Expiration="Nov
> > 21 2005"
> >
> > The result was an error which I thought was in the logs, but must have
> > been just to standard error, because today I can't find any record of
> > it. It was from Util.pm and it was something about the "month" being
> > out of the range "0..11". Sadly, it crashed Radiator completely L
> >
> > Now, we're running 2.19, and I found the below post in the archives.
> > Does this mean that the new version of Util.pm on 3.6 fixes the
> > behavior I'm describing?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > _________________
> >
> >
> >
> >  (RADIATOR) Re: check attribute expiration date
> >
> > ·       From: Mike McCauley
> > ·       Subject: (RADIATOR) Re: check attribute expiration date
> > ·       Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 00:18:41 -0700
> >
> >  Hello,
> >
> > WE have now added support for an optional time component in ValidFrom,
> > ValidTo
> >
> >  and Expiration. Some valid examples are:
> >
> > Dec 30 1998
> >
> > Dec 30, 2000
> >
> > December 30, 2000
> >
> > Dec 30, 2000 11:30:00
> >
> > 2002-02-02 23:00:00
> >
> > 30/12/2002 01:00:00
> >
> > 30.12.2002
> >
> > There is a new version of Util.pm in the 3.6 patches area that
> > supports all
> >
> >  these syntaxes.
> >
> > Please let me know how you go.
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 04:18 pm, Bulent Gulcan wrote:
> >
> > > Hello again,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Sorry, I could not find any date function for Microsoft SQL Server
> > (our
> >
> > > database is MSSQL) to convert date to seconds.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Is there a way to tell the radiator that the selected date is in
> >
> > > "dd.mm.yyyy hh:mm:ss" format and not ignore "hh:mm:ss" part. (Sorry
> > I ask
> >
> > > this question again).
> >
> > >
> >
> > > I used in radius.cfg :
> >
> > > -------------------
> >
> > > <AuthBy SQL>
> >
> > > .......
> >
> > > DateFormat %d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S
> >
> > > ........
> >
> > > AuthSelect
> >
> > > ..........
> >
> > > </AuthBy>
> >
> > > ------------------
> >
> > >
> >
> > > but this did not work.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Thanks for your help, regards
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Bulent Gulcan
> >
> > > Is Net A.S.
> >
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> NB:
> 
> Have you read the reference manual ("doc/ref.html")?
> Have you searched the mailing list archive
> (www.open.com.au/archives/radiator)?
> Have you had a quick look on Google (www.google.com)?
> 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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