rc_aaa(3)

rc_aaa3

Builds an authentication/accounting request for port id nas_port with the value_pairs send and submits it to a server.

Usage

#include <radcli/>

int rc_aaa(
    rc_handle        *rh,
    uint32_t          nas_port,
    VALUE_PAIR       *send,
    VALUE_PAIR      **received,
    char             *msg,
    int               add_nas_port,
    rc_standard_codes request_type
);

Overview

Parameters

rh

a handle to parsed configuration.

nas_port

the physical NAS port number to use (may be zero).

send

a VALUE_PAIR array of values (e.g., PW_USER_NAME).

received

an allocated array of received values.

msg

must be an array of PW_MAX_MSG_SIZE or NULL; will contain the concatenation of any PW_REPLY_MESSAGE received.

add_nas_port

this should be zero; if non-zero it will include PW_NAS_PORT in sent pairs.

request_type

one of standard RADIUS codes (e.g., PW_ACCESS_REQUEST).

Return value

received value_pairs in received, messages from the server in msg and OK_RC (0) on success, CHALLENGE_RC (3) on Access-Challenge received, negative on failure as return value.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 11–13
  2. Arch

From radcli 2.0.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.