From: Alan T. DeKok <aland@freeradius.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:24:14 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Added notes on use of FreeRADIUS-Acct-Session-Start-Time
X-Git-Tag: release_2_1_8~29
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4bf2c645f818e663b2e5e8d636fefd59a78fdf50;p=thirdparty%2Ffreeradius-server.git

Added notes on use of FreeRADIUS-Acct-Session-Start-Time
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diff --git a/raddb/sites-available/default b/raddb/sites-available/default
index 184baa73d40..f6052855846 100644
--- a/raddb/sites-available/default
+++ b/raddb/sites-available/default
@@ -310,6 +310,22 @@ authenticate {
 preacct {
 	preprocess
 
+	#
+	#  Session start times are *implied* in RADIUS.
+	#  The NAS never sends a "start time".  Instead, it sends
+	#  a start packet, *possibly* with an Acct-Delay-Time.
+	#  The server is supposed to conclude that the start time
+	#  was "Acct-Delay-Time" seconds in the past.
+	#
+	#  The code below creates an explicit start time, which can
+	#  then be used in other modules.
+	#
+
+#	  update request {
+#	  	FreeRADIUS-Acct-Session-Start-Time = "%{expr: %l - %{%{Acct-Session-Time}:-0} - %{%{Acct-Delay-Time}:-0}}"
+#	}
+
+
 	#
 	#  Ensure that we have a semi-unique identifier for every
 	#  request, and many NAS boxes are broken.