The "source_ip" field should also support an interface name about pam_radius HOT 4 OPEN

I'm willing to write the code myself (though I can only easily test on Linux) but don't want to start the effort if it's already known that the feature won't be accepted...

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Well, yes, you could name your host eth0 but how often does that happen? You could ioctl(SIOCGIFADDR) on the name first, and if that fails, do a gethostbyname() on it instead.

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It's not about how often it happens, it's about doing things clearly and correctly so that we know the software is correct.

It costs essentially nothing to add another configuration parameter. The code could look for source_interface, and if found use that. If not found, use source_ip.

This is not really any more code than looking up the interface by name, and if not found, looking the name up as a hostname.

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