NAME
builddbm - users.db compiler
SYNOPSIS
builddbm [ -hvx ] [ -d directory ] [ -l file ]
DESCRIPTION
YARD RADIUS builddbm is a program that builds the GDBM format of the
‘users’ file, which could be used in conjunction with the radiusd ‘-b’
flag. The users file should resides in the standard configuration
directory, as selected at configuration time. It should be run as root.
Be also sure to set mode 600 for the ‘users’ file as well as the
resulting ‘users.db’.
OPTIONS
-d directory
Changes the source ‘users’ file directory. The default value is
/usr/conf. The destination directory of ‘users.db’ is the same
one.
-h Prints out usage of the command.
-v Prints version information.
-l file
Changes the logging file.
-x Prints (or should do so) debugging messages while compiling.
FILES
/usr/conf/users
This file contains the human readable information for users’
accounting and authorization. See radius_attributes(5) for
details about its syntax.
/usr/conf/users.db
The same of the previous one as compiled in by builddbm in GDBM
format. It needs to be compiled again every time you make
changes to the previous one and without restarting radiusd .
/usr/conf/dictionary
This read-only file contains the codes and formats for standard
and vendor RADIUS protocol attributes and values along with
their human readable representation. It is subject to change,
due to new access server supports. It is a plain text file with
a pletora of comments in it.
SEE ALSO
radiusd(8), radlast(1), radlist(1), radtest(1), radwatch(1),
radius_attributes(1), gdbm(3)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1992-1999 Lucent Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright (C) 1999-2004 Francesco Paolo Lovergine. All rights reserved.
See the LICENSE file enclosed within this software for conditions of
use and distribution. This is a pure ISO BSD Open Source License .
NOTES
The syntax of the source users file is not described here. Please,
refer to the official Livingston documentation, which includes the
RADIUS for UNIX Administrators Guide.