radclient - send packets to a RADIUS server, show reply
radclient [-4] [-6] [-c count]
[-d raddb_directory] [-D dictionary_directory]
[-f file] [-F] [-h] [-i id]
[-n num_requests_per_second] [-p
num_requests_in_parallel] [-q] [-r num_retries]
[-s] [-S shared_secret_file] [-t timeout]
[-v] [-x] server {acct|auth|status|disconnect|auto}
secret
radclient is a radius client program. It can send arbitrary
radius packets to a radius server, then shows the reply. It can be used to
test changes you made in the configuration of the radius server, or it can
be used to monitor if a radius server is up.
radclient reads radius attribute/value pairs from it
standard input, or from a file specified on the command line. It then
encodes these attribute/value pairs using the dictionary, and sends them to
the remote server.
The User-Password and CHAP-Password attributes are
automatically encrypted before the packet is sent to the server.
- -4
- Use IPv4 (default)
- -6
- Use IPv6
- -c count
- Send each packet count times.
- -d raddb_directory
- The directory that contains the user dictionary file. Defaults to
/etc/freeradius/3.0.
- -D dictionary_directory
- The directory that contains the main dictionary file. Defaults to
/usr/share/freeradius.
- -f file[:file]
- File to read the attribute/value pairs from. If this is not specified,
they are read from stdin. This option can be specified multiple times, in
which case packets are sent in order by file, and within each file, by
first packet to last packet. A blank line separates logical packets within
a file. If a pair of files separated by a colon is specified, the second
file will be used to filter the responses to requests from the first. The
number of requests and filters must be the same. A summary of filter
results will be displayed if -s is passed.
- -F
- Print the file name, packet number and reply code.
- -h
- Print usage help information.
- -i id
- Use id as the RADIUS request Id.
- -n num_requests_per_second
- Try to send num_requests_per_second, evenly spaced. This option
allows you to slow down the rate at which radclient sends requests. When
not using -n, the default is to send packets as quickly as possible, with
no inter-packet delays.
Due to limitations in radclient, this option does not
accurately send the requested number of packets per second.
- -p num_requests_in_parallel
- Send num_requests_in_parallel, without waiting for a response for
each one. By default, radclient sends the first request it has read, waits
for the response, and once the response is received, sends the second
request in its list. This option allows you to send many requests at
simultaneously. Once num_requests_in_parallel are sent, radclient
waits for all of the responses to arrive (or for the requests to time
out), before sending any more packets.
This option permits you to discover the maximum load accepted
by a RADIUS server.
- -P proto
- Use proto transport protocol ("tcp" or "udp").
Only available if FreeRADIUS is compiled with TCP transport support.
- -q
- Go to quiet mode, and do not print out anything.
- -r num_retries
- Try to send each packet num_retries times, before giving up on it.
The default is 10.
- -s
- Print out some summaries of packets sent and received.
- -S shared_secret_file
- Rather than reading the shared secret from the command-line (where it can
be seen by others on the local system), read it instead from
shared_secret_file.
- -t timeout
- Wait timeout seconds before deciding that the NAS has not responded
to a request, and re-sending the packet. The default timeout is 3.
- -v
- Print out version information.
- -x
- Print out debugging information.
- server[:port]
- The hostname or IP address of the remote server. Optionally a UDP port can
be specified. If no UDP port is specified, it is looked up in
/etc/services. The service name looked for is radacct for
accounting packets, and radius for all other requests. If a service
is not found in /etc/services, 1813 and 1812 are used respectively.
If a host name is specified, then radclient will do a DNS
lookup, and use the A record to find the IP address of the RADIUS
server. If there is no A record, then radclient will look for an AAAA
record. If there is no AAAA record, an error will be produced.
IPv6 addresses may be specified by surrounding it in square
brackets. For example, [2002:c000:0201:0:0:0:0:0], or with a port,
[2002:c000:0201:0:0:0:0:0]:18120.
The RADIUS attributes read by radclient can contain the
special attribute Packet-Dst-IP-Address. If this attribute
exists, then that IP address is where the packet is sent, and the
server specified on the command-line is ignored.
If the RADIUS attribute list always contains the
Packet-Dst-IP-Address attribute, then the server parameter
can be given as -.
The RADIUS attributes read by radclient can contain the
special attribute Packet-Dst-Port. If this attribute exists, then
that UDP port is where the packet is sent, and the :port
specified on the command-line is ignored.
- acct | auth | status | disconnect | auto
- Use auth to send an authentication packet (Access-Request),
acct to send an accounting packet (Accounting-Request),
status to send an status packet (Status-Server), or
disconnect to send a disconnection request. Instead of these
values, you can also use a decimal code here. For example, code 12 is also
Status-Server.
The RADIUS attributes read by radclient can contain the
special attribute Packet-Type. If this attribute exists, then
that type of packet is sent, and the type specified on the
command-line is ignored.
If the RADIUS attribute list always contains the
Packet-Type attribute, then the type parameter can be
given as auto.
- secret
- The shared secret for this client. It needs to be defined on the radius
server side too, for the IP address you are sending the radius packets
from.
A sample session that queries the remote server for
Status-Server (not all servers support this, but FreeRADIUS has
configurable support for it).
$ echo "Message-Authenticator = 0x00" | radclient 192.0.2.42 status s3cr3t
Sending request to server 192.0.2.42, port 1812.
radrecv: Packet from host 192.0.2.42 code=2, id=140, length=54
Reply-Message = "FreeRADIUS up 21 days, 02:05"
Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl. Alan DeKok
<aland@freeradius.org>