additional notes

diff --git a/raddb/policy.d/accounting b/raddb/policy.d/accounting
index 23049e6f28317f638f19bfcd78befc9afc571cf1..6a0b6fa0352b8589514041632643ea856f3283ad 100644 (file)
--- a/raddb/policy.d/accounting
+++ b/raddb/policy.d/accounting
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ acct_counters64.preacct {
 #  window of opportunity is much smaller.  i.e. milliseconds, instead
 #  of seconds.
 #
+#  This policy can also be used to "bootstrap" accounting sessions.
+#  If there is data which is only available in the Access-Request,
+#  it can be placed in the accounting table.  Then, when accounting
+#  packets are received, they will update the row which contains
+#  the session information.
+#
 sql_session_start.post-auth {
        acct_unique
        sql.accounting