.TH CLIENTS 5 "16 March 2001"
.SH NAME
clients \- RADIUS clients file
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fIclients\fP file resides in the radius database directory,
by default \fI/etc/raddb\fP. Its use is depreciated in favour of
\fIclients.conf\fP.
Every line starting with a hash sign
.RB (' # ')
is treated as comment and ignored.
.PP
Each line of the file contains two white-space delimited fields.
.IP client\ hostname
The RADIUS clients hostname. This may be a plain hostname, or a
dotted-quad IP address.
.IP secret
This is the so-called "shared secret" that is held between a RADIUS
server and client. It is used to encrypt passwords in RADIUS packets,
and also for authentication. You need to configure the same secret
on the client (terminal server) as in this file.
.PP
The
.I clients
file is read by \fBradiusd\fP on startup only.
.SH FILES
.I /etc/raddb/clients
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR radiusd (8),
.BR clients.conf (5)
.BR naslist (5)