Steel Belted Radius Carrier 7.0 Reference Guide > Operations Files > services File

services File

The services file can be used to assign default UDP ports for RADIUS communications to and from the Steel-Belted Radius Carrier server. Steel-Belted Radius Carrier reads the services file at startup. Among the items of information in the services file are the port assignments for RADIUS authentication and accounting services.

Figure 2 illustrates part of a sample services file.

Figure 2: Sample Services File

The location of the services file is:

/etc/ (may be mapped using NIS or NIS+)

If no entry for radius or radacct is found in the services file, Steel-Belted Radius Carrier uses the default UDP ports (1645 and 1812 for authentication, 1646 and 1813 for accounting).

Steel-Belted Radius Carrier can be configured to use any available UDP ports for authentication and accounting:

1. Use a text editor to open the services file.
2. To set the port for authentication, set the value of the radius parameter. For example:

radius 1812/udp # RADIUS authentication protocol

3. To set the port for accounting, set the value of the radacct parameter. For example:

radacct 1813/udp # RADIUS accounting protocol

 NOTE: Port number assignments made in the radius.ini file override the assignments made in this file. See [Ports] Section for more information.



 

You can determine the ports that Steel-Belted Radius Carrier is using at any time by examining the server log file for that time period.

NOTE: If another RADIUS server is running on the same host, you must modify the services file to avoid port number conflicts if the other RADIUS server binds to the default ports before Steel-Belted Radius Carrier starts.