---
name: "radcli_avp_add_username"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "radcli"
version: "2.0.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/radcli_avp_add_username"
---

# radcli\_avp\_add\_username(3)

Append a User-Name AVP, appending a realm as "username@realm" unless username already contains one.

## NAME

radcli\_avp\_add\_username - Append a User-Name AVP, appending a realm as "username@realm" unless username already contains one.

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <radcli/>

int radcli_avp_add_username(
    radcli_avp_list   *list,
    const radcli_ctx  *ctx,
    const char        *username,
    const char        *realm
);
```

## DESCRIPTION

Written for callers (e.g. an application reading its own "default\_realm" config knob) that need to send "username@realm" only when the caller- supplied username didn't already come with a realm attached. Passing realm as NULL reaches for ctx's own "default\_realm" configuration option, so an application whose realm policy is just "whatever this

ctx's config file says" never needs to read that option out itself.

## PARAMETERS

- **list**

  destination list.

- **ctx**

  a context with a dictionary defining User-Name (any radcli\_ctx\_new()/radcli\_ctx\_read\_config() context qualifies).

- **username**

  the username; used as-is if it already contains '@'.

- **realm**

  realm to append if username has no '@': NULL uses ctx's own "default\_realm" configuration option (no realm appended if that option is unset or empty); "" explicitly suppresses appending a realm even if "default\_realm" is configured; any other string is used verbatim.

## RETURN VALUE

0 on success, -1 on failure (no User-Name attribute in ctx's dictionary, allocation failure, or as radcli\_avp\_add\_str()).

## SEE ALSO

[*radcli\_avp\_add\_bytes*(3)](/radcli_avp_add_bytes/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_add\_bytes\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_add_bytes_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_add\_gigawords64*(3)](/radcli_avp_add_gigawords64/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_add\_gigawords64\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_add_gigawords64_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_add\_ip4*(3)](/radcli_avp_add_ip4/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_add\_ip4\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_add_ip4_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_add\_ip4prefix*(3)](/radcli_avp_add_ip4prefix/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_add\_ip4prefix\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_add_ip4prefix_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_add\_ip6*(3)](/radcli_avp_add_ip6/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_add\_ip6\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_add_ip6_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_add\_str*(3)](/radcli_avp_add_str/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_add\_str\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_add_str_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_add\_uint32*(3)](/radcli_avp_add_uint32/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_add\_uint32\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_add_uint32_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_add\_uint64*(3)](/radcli_avp_add_uint64/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_add\_uint64\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_add_uint64_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_concat\_str*(3)](/radcli_avp_concat_str/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_concat\_str\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_concat_str_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_def*(3)](/radcli_avp_def/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_get*(3)](/radcli_avp_get/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_get\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_get_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_get\_bytes*(3)](/radcli_avp_get_bytes/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_get\_bytes\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_get_bytes_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_get\_cstr*(3)](/radcli_avp_get_cstr/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_get\_cstr\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_get_cstr_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_get\_gigawords64*(3)](/radcli_avp_get_gigawords64/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_get\_gigawords64\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_get_gigawords64_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_get\_ip4prefix*(3)](/radcli_avp_get_ip4prefix/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_get\_ip4prefix\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_get_ip4prefix_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_get\_ip6*(3)](/radcli_avp_get_ip6/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_get\_ip6\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_get_ip6_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_get\_uint32*(3)](/radcli_avp_get_uint32/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_get\_uint32\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_get_uint32_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_get\_uint64*(3)](/radcli_avp_get_uint64/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_get\_uint64\_by\_num*(3)](/radcli_avp_get_uint64_by_num/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_iter\_next*(3)](/radcli_avp_iter_next/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_list\_error*(3)](/radcli_avp_list_error/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_list\_free*(3)](/radcli_avp_list_free/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_list\_iter*(3)](/radcli_avp_list_iter/3.md), [*radcli\_avp\_list\_new*(3)](/radcli_avp_list_new/3.md)
