Clarifying authorization and authentication interaction

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Dear migs paraz,

Your     authorization     function     should    set    Auth-Type    in
request->config_items

--Saturday, April 13, 2002, 6:55:14 PM, you wrote to freeradius-devel@lists.cistron.nl:

mp> Hi,
mp> I'm working on a sample use for the Python module - a
mp> prepaid card system with MySQL.

mp> It is not clear to me how the authorization function
mp> module should tell radiusd to use the authentication
mp> function in the same module.

mp> At first I thought returning RLM_MODULE_OK was enough.
mp> Then I saw in rlm_example:

mp>   request->reply->code = PW_ACCESS_CHALLENGE;

mp> What value should be used for what I need? I tried
mp> using PW_AUTHENTICATION_REQUEST.  When I trace through
mp> it, it passes through rad_check_password(), which
mp> seems to me is for the 'users' file, isn't it?

mp> Since I'm doing database calls, I think it would be
mp> best to do one set of SQL queries. Therefore, I can
mp> merge authorization and authentication into one
mp> operation? Even if they must be separate, I'm not sure
mp> which is the right place for checking their account
mp> balance.

mp> Thanks!




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