Time for action – simulating proxied accounting

Do the following on the FreeRADIUS server for my-org.com:

  1. Change the directory to where the files are that you will use for simulating accounting for bob@your-org.com on the FreeRADIUS server of my-org.com.
  2. Make sure FreeRADIUS runs in debug mode on the servers representing my-org.com and your-org.com.
  3. Issue the following command on the my-org.com server:
    $> radclient 127.0.0.1 auto testing123 -f 4088_06_acct_start.txt

    This is to simulate the start of a session.

  4. Issue the following command on the my-org.com server to end the previous session:
    $> radclient 127.0.0.1 auto testing123 -f 4088_06_acct_stop.txt
  5. Observe the debug output on both servers to see how the proxying of accounting requests happened ...

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