---
name: "radrelay"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xtradius"
version: "1.2.1-beta2-6"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/radrelay"
---

# radrelay(1)

## NAME

radrelay -- replicate accounting data to another RADIUS server

## SYNOPSIS

**radrelay** \[**-P** *pidfile*\] \[**-a** *accounting\_dir*\] \[**-d** *config\_dir*\] \[**-f**\] \[**-i** *source\_ip*\] \[**-s** *secret*\] *server detailfile*

## DESCRIPTION

**Radrelay** reads a file in the *detail* file format, reconstructs radius packets from it and sends them to a remote radius server. When end-of-file is reached, the file is truncated. **Radrelay** then waits until additional data to be written to the file, and starts over again.

## OPTIONS

- \-P *pid\_filename*

  At  startup, **radrelay** writes  its  process-id to a file. By default that is *var/run/radrelay.pid*, this option overrides that.

- \-a *accounting\_directory*

  The base directory to use to read the detail file from.

- \-d *config\_directory*

  The directory where the dictionary and clients files are.

- \-f

  Do *not* fork and run in the background as a daemon.

- \-i *source\_ip*

  The source IP address to use for sending radius packets.

- \-s *secret*

  Normally the secret for the remote server is looked up in */etc/raddb/clients*. This option overrides the secret specified in that file.

- detailfile

  File to read the attribute/value pairs from. If this is not specified, they are read from stdin.

- server\[:port\]

  The hostname or IP address of the remote server. Optionally a UDP port can be specified. If no UDP port is specified, it is looked up in */etc/services*. The service name looked for is **radacct** for accounting packets. If a service is not found in */etc/services*, 1646 is used.

## SEE ALSO

[radiusd(8)](/radiusd/8.md), doc/README.radrelay.

## AUTHOR

Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl.