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(ASCEND) RE: AAC and convert script

Nelson,
I use a combination of several scripts to do what is described.
Unfortunately, its designed for our specific use and requires a web page
interface.  I'm a little surprised that Ascend hasn't spoken up here...I
used a script some time ago to do my initial conversion which I know came
from Ascend, but I cant seem to locate it any longer.  I did however find a
convert.pl script which I believe was designed to run on a UNIX station.
The idea is pretty basic and if you look at the code starting on line
67-126, you will see the conversions from the old attributes to the new
ones.  This should be enough to get you started...all you need to do is make
a few changes in the beginning and end of the script to run on your OS.

Hint:  Everything before and after lines 67-126 can be changed to suit your
needs.

Kirk

 



		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Llabona, Nelson [mailto:nllabona@harris.com]
		Sent:	Wednesday, March 25, 1998 7:33 AM
		To:	'Rogers, Kirk'
		Subject:	AAC and convert script

		Kirk,

		I found that Framed-Netmask, Framed-Address, User-Service,
etc. are different
		attributes
		in AAC.  Also AAC, is very picky about having spaces after
newline.

		I was going to start creating the PERL script to convert the
users file, but
		would prefer
		to modify yours to meet my needs.

		Would you mind sharing the convert script with me and/or the
Ascend mailing list
		?

		Sincerely,
		Nelson Llabona
			-----Original Message-----
			From:	Rogers, Kirk [SMTP:KirkR@trant.sp.trw.com]
			Sent:	Thursday, March 19, 1998 7:26 AM
			To:	Llabona, Nelson; ascend-users@bungi.com
			Subject:	RE: (ASCEND) AAC and convert script


				Group,

				are any of your running AAC? 

			Yes

				If so ~ how many accounts do you have in
your users file?

			1500

				Is there a covert script, to convert the
current UNIX based
			RADIUS users
				file to AAC format ?

			I think so but I designed my own with PERL...it
wasn't very difficult

				Are you using REALMS ?

			yes

				Are you using "WINNT" security, so that
users are authenticated
			from
				your domain BDC ?

			No...waiting for LDAP, winnt doesn't solve the
global issues

				Have you created outbound profiles for
pipeline users, i.e. the
			MAX
				initiates the call ?

			yes

				Have you defined routes within AAC RADIUS,
i.e. route-max1-1,
				route-max2-1, etc. ?

			im not sure I follow...we have route-1 ...?

				Is the accouting any different from UNIX's
RADIUS ?

			Should be somewhat identical

				Is there an easy way to search for a user
account within one
			REALM,
				multiple REALMS ?

			yes...its built into the software

				Overall experience with the product, Good ?

			We run it on NT which means security is somewhat
compromised but from an
			overall product standpoint, it looks OK.  We also
designed our own web
			interface to the database because the application
Ascend uses is
			somewhat of a hack.  We also had a sneak preview of
the web interface
			they built...but its just a webafied version of the
same
			application...so we wont be using it either.  If you
have someone who
			knows how to manage a database, its just as well you
build you own
			interface.   

				Thanks.
				Sincerely,
				Nelson Llabona


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