Auto-rotate the detail file every day. Add comments describing

	how to do more.

diff --git a/raddb/radiusd.conf.in b/raddb/radiusd.conf.in
index 237e628..b60eec0 100644 (file)
--- a/raddb/radiusd.conf.in
+++ b/raddb/radiusd.conf.in
@@ -840,7 +840,19 @@ modules {
                #  The Client-IP-Address attribute is ALWAYS the address
                #  of the client which sent us the request.
                #
-               detailfile = ${radacctdir}/%{Client-IP-Address}/detail
+               #  The following line creates a new detail file for every
+               #  radius client (by IP address or hostname).  In addition,
+               #  a new detail file is created every day, so that the detail
+               #  file doesn't have to go through a 'log rotation'
+               #
+               #  If your detail files are large, you may also want to
+               #  add a ':%H' (see doc/variables.txt) to the end of it:
+               #
+               #   ..../detail-%Y%m%d:%H
+               #
+               #  This will create a new detail file for every hour.
+               #
+               detailfile = ${radacctdir}/%{Client-IP-Address}/detail-%Y%m%d
                detailperm = 0600
        }