NAME

chilli_query - Interface into the chilli server

SYNOPSIS

chilli_query [ -s <unix-socket> ] list

chilli_query [ -s <unix-socket> ] authorize <parameters>

chilli_query [ -s <unix-socket> ] logout <client-mac-address>

DESCRIPTION

chilli_query is an interface into the running chilli server. It provides an administrator the ability to see who is logged in, to force a client to be logged out, or force a client to be authorized.

Commands:

list: To list all connected clients (subscribers) providing the MAC Address, IP Address, internal chilli state (dnat, pass, etc), the session id (used in Acct-Session-ID), authenticated status (1 authorized, 0 not), user-name used during login, duration / max duration, idle time / max idle time, and the original URL.
authorize <parameters>: To explicity authorize a client, or change the session parameters of an already authorized client, by setting a series of session parameters.

PARAMETERS

ip <ip-address>: Select the session to be authorized by the IP address using this option (may be used with the option below)
sessionid <session-id>: Select the session to be authorized by the Session-ID (may be used with the above option)
username <username>: Sets the username of the session.
sessiontimeout <seconds>: Sets the max session time of the session.
maxoctets <number-of-bytes>: Sets the max data limit of the session.
maxbwup <bandwidth>: Sets the max up bandwidth of the session.
maxbwdown <bandwidth>: Sets the max down bandwidth of the session.

logout <client-mac-address>: Logout and releases the DHCP lease of a client explicitly based on the MAC address (gotten from a list command).

EXAMPLES

# chilli_query list
00:0D:XX:XX:XX:XX 10.1.0.3 dnat 46c83f70000 0 - 0/0 0/0 http://url.com

# chilli_query authorize ip 10.1.0.3 sessiontimeout 60 username me

# chilli_query list
00:0D:XX:XX:XX:XX 10.1.0.3 pass 46c83f70000 1 me 2/0 2/0 http://url.com

# chilli_query logout 00:0D:XX:XX:XX:XX

# chilli_query list | awk '{ if ($5 == 1) { print "User " i++ print " MAC: " $1 print " IP Address: " $2 print " Session ID: " $4 print " User URL: " $6 print " Duration / Max: " $7 print " Idle / Max: " $8 } }'
User 1 MAC: 00-11-XX-XX-XX-XX IP Address: 10.1.0.2 Session ID: 46fd423c00000001 User URL: http://www.yahoo.com/ Duration / Max: 219/0 Idle / Max: 3/0

FILES

/var/run/chilli.sock

UNIX socket used to daemon communication.

NOTES

See http://coova.org/ for further documentation and community support. The original ChilliSpot project homepage is/was at www.chillispot.org.

AUTHORS

David Bird <david@coova.com>. CoovaChilli and ChilliSpot are licensed under the Gnu Public License.