[RADIATOR] Accessing a reply attribute from one authby in a subsequent authby

[Heikki Vatiainen]

On 06/30/2011 07:23 PM, Bob Shafer wrote:

> Thanks, that worked. Its a prototype so ugly is okay for now.

Ok :)

> If it works out, we'll be grabbing the info from ldap or a db.
> 
> Got another problem.  The external process can take a bit of time, and
> radiator is timing out before it can complete, and returning an Ignore
> after about 15 seconds.  No way around the time it takes, so I'm
> wondering if/how the timeout can be increased?

Try Fork. See version 4.8 ref.pdf section 5.19.1 for more information.
The documentation for AuthBy EXTERNAL mentions Fork option too.

<AuthBy EXTERNAL>
    Fork
    Command %D/scripts/otherauth %T
</Authby>

Thanks!

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