radiusctl Command

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Purpose

Starts, stops, or restarts the RADIUS authentication, authorization, and accounting daemons.

Syntax

radiusctl start

radiusctl stop

radiusctl restart

Description

The radiusctl command starts, stops, or restarts the RADIUS server daemons used for controlling network authentication, authorization, and accounting.

This command enables full EAP-TLS support in the AIX® RADIUS server in conjunction with the OpenSSL package shipped on the AIX Expansion Pack media.

The local user database of the AIX RADIUS server can be updated while the server is running, however, new changes take effect only after you restart the system. The radiusctl command also makes this possible.

Note: This command deprecates the old method of starting and stopping the AIX RADIUS server (for example, startsrc -s radiusd, stopsrc -s radiusd, and so on).

Flags

Item Description
start Starts running the RADIUS server.
Note: If EAP-TLS is enabled through OpenSSL, you are prompted to enter the private key password when you attempt to start or restart the server.
stop Stops the RADIUS server.
restart Restarts the RADIUS server whether or not it is currently running. If the server is not running, this flag behaves the same as the start flag.

Examples

  1. To start running the AIX RADIUS server, enter the following command: 
    radiusctl start
  2. To restart an already running AIX RADIUS server, enter the following command: 
    radiusctl restart
  3. To stop the AIX RADIUS server from running, enter the following command: 
    radiusctl stop