Authenticate Method

Authenticates the user.

Syntax

radius.authenticate([callback])

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for this method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

This method authenticates the user with the RADIUS server.

If authentication is successful this method returns without error. If authentication fails this method will throw an exception.

This following properties are applicable when calling this method:

• User (required)
• Password (required)
• SharedSecret (required)
• RemoteHost (required)
• RemotePort
• Timeout