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rc_aaa_ctx(3) Radius client library rc_aaa_ctx(3)

NAME

rc_aaa_ctx - Builds an authentication/accounting request and submits it to a server, optionally returning context.

SYNOPSIS

#include <radcli/>

int rc_aaa_ctx(

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

DESCRIPTION

Selects the server list from configuration (authserver or acctserver depending on request_type and transport), sends the request with automatic retry and server failover, and returns the server's response.

PARAMETERS

a handle to parsed configuration.

if non-NULL, receives an allocated RC_AAA_CTX on success; the caller must free it with rc_aaa_ctx_free(). Pass NULL if not needed.

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

VALUE_PAIR list of attributes to send (e.g., PW_USER_NAME).

on success, receives the server's reply VALUE_PAIR list; the caller must free it with rc_avpair_free().

if non-NULL, must point to a buffer of PW_MAX_MSG_SIZE bytes; will contain the concatenation of any PW_REPLY_MESSAGE attributes received.

if non-zero, PW_NAS_PORT is added to the sent pairs.

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

RETURN VALUE

OK_RC (0) on success, CHALLENGE_RC (3) on Access-Challenge, REJECT_RC (2) on Access-Reject, or a negative error code on failure.

SEE ALSO

rc_aaa(3), rc_aaa_ctx_free(3), rc_aaa_ctx_get_secret(3), rc_aaa_ctx_get_vector(3), rc_aaa_ctx_server(3), rc_acct(3), rc_acct_async(3), rc_acct_proxy(3), rc_auth(3), rc_auth_proxy(3), rc_avpair_add(3), rc_avpair_assign(3), rc_avpair_copy(3), rc_avpair_free(3), rc_avpair_gen(3), rc_avpair_get(3), rc_avpair_get_attr(3), rc_avpair_get_in6(3), rc_avpair_get_raw(3), rc_avpair_get_uint32(3), rc_avpair_insert(3), rc_avpair_log(3), rc_avpair_new(3), rc_avpair_next(3), rc_avpair_parse(3), rc_avpair_remove(3), rc_avpair_tostr(3), rc_buildreq(3), rc_check(3), rc_dict_addattr(3), rc_dict_addval(3), rc_dict_addvend(3), rc_dict_findattr(3), rc_dict_findval(3), rc_dict_findvend(3), rc_dict_getattr(3), rc_dict_getval(3), rc_dict_getvend(3), rc_send_server(3)

2026-10-10 radcli