Re: your mail

Dave Andersen (angio@aros.net)
Wed, 4 Sep 1996 00:52:12 -0600 (MDT)

Syslog is treated as "well, if it gets there, it gets there. If it
doesn't, who cares."

The RADIUS accounting files are treated as "if it doesn't get there, I'm
GOING to get it there."

You're likely to have some duplicate accounting entries in your RADIUS
accounting files, but nearly all RADIUS events are going to be logged
properly at least once. In fact, if the portmaster didn't crash or
exceed its accounting backlog (unlikely in a calm network environment),
it's almost certain.

If you're using it for anything other than purely informational purposes,
use RADIUS accounting.

-Dave Andersen

Lo and behold, Old Man once said:
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> Does anyone have any opinions on how accurate it would be too count user
> online usage from the syslogd log files? How about the radius accounting
> log files? Which is more accurate? Thanks.
>
>

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