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:mod:`pyrad` -- RADIUS for Python
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:Author: Wichert Akkerman
:Version: |version|

Introduction
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pyrad is an implementation of a RADIUS client/server as described in RFC2865.
It takes care of all the details like building RADIUS packets, sending
them and decoding responses.

Here is an example of doing a authentication request::

    from pyrad.client import Client
    from pyrad.dictionary import Dictionary
    import pyrad.packet

    srv = Client(server="localhost", secret=b"Kah3choteereethiejeimaeziecumi",
                 dict=Dictionary("dictionary"))

    # create request
    req = srv.CreateAuthPacket(code=pyrad.packet.AccessRequest,
                               User_Name="wichert", NAS_Identifier="localhost")
    req["User-Password"] = req.PwCrypt("password")

    # send request
    reply = srv.SendPacket(req)

    if reply.code == pyrad.packet.AccessAccept:
        print("access accepted")
    else:
        print("access denied")

    print("Attributes returned by server:")
    for i in reply.keys():
        print("%s: %s" % (i, reply[i]))


Requirements & Installation
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pyrad requires Python 2.6 or later, or Python 3.2 or later

Installing is simple; pyrad uses the standard distutils system for installing
Python modules::

  python setup.py install


API Documentation
=================

Per-module :mod:`pyrad` API documentation.

.. toctree::
  :maxdepth: 2

  api/client
  api/dictionary
  api/host
  api/packet
  api/proxy
  api/server


Indices and tables
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`