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I am trying to use the following at the top of my files authorize to test a new radius installation on default configs.

head /etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize
bob Cleartext-Password := "hello"
 Reply-Message := "Hello, %User-Name"

test Cleartext-Password := "test"
 Reply-Message := "Hello, %User-Name


#
# Configuration file for the rlm_files module.
# Please see rlm_files(5) manpage for more information.

This fails to load at start up.
With the last few lines of the logs looking like this.

/sbin/radiusd -f -X -x
.....
Wed Aug 16 16:37:38 2017 : Debug: reference = "Accounting-Request.%%Acct-Status-Type:-unknown"
Wed Aug 16 16:37:38 2017 : Debug: }
Wed Aug 16 16:37:38 2017 : Debug: (Loaded rlm_files, checking if it's valid)
Wed Aug 16 16:37:38 2017 : Debug: # Loaded module rlm_files
Wed Aug 16 16:37:38 2017 : Debug: # Instantiating module "files" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/files
Wed Aug 16 16:37:38 2017 : Debug: files 
Wed Aug 16 16:37:38 2017 : Debug: filename = "/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize"
Wed Aug 16 16:37:38 2017 : Debug: usersfile = "/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize"
Wed Aug 16 16:37:38 2017 : Debug: acctusersfile = "/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/accounting"
Wed Aug 16 16:37:38 2017 : Debug: preproxy_usersfile = "/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/pre-proxy"
Wed Aug 16 16:37:38 2017 : Debug: compat = "cistron"
Wed Aug 16 16:37:38 2017 : Debug: 
Wed Aug 16 16:37:38 2017 : Debug: reading pairlist file /etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize
Wed Aug 16 16:37:38 2017 : Error: /etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize[5]: Parse error (reply) for entry test: Expected end of line or comma
Wed Aug 16 16:37:38 2017 : Error: Failed reading /etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize
Wed Aug 16 16:37:38 2017 : Error: /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/files[9]: Instantiation failed for module "files"

After many hours and a lot of googling.

I fixed this by taking a harder look at the lines in my authorise

bob Cleartext-Password := "hello"
 Reply-Message := "Hello, %User-Name"

test Cleartext-Password := "test"
 Reply-Message := "Hello, %User-Name

The problem was the trailing " was missing on my test user.

Googling for the error did not get me to any useful answers.

Error: /etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize[5]: Parse error (reply) for entry test: Expected end of line or comma

I just added the missing " after %User-Name" and everything worked.

test Cleartext-Password := "test"
 Reply-Message := "Hello, %User-Name"

I hope this save somebody some time in the future.

$ radtest "test" test 127.0.0.1 1812 testing123
Sent Access-Request Id 25 from 0.0.0.0:59986 to 127.0.0.1:1812 length 74
 User-Name = "test"
 User-Password = "test"
 NAS-IP-Address = 127.0.1.1
 NAS-Port = 1812
 Message-Authenticator = 0x00
 Cleartext-Password = "test"
Received Access-Accept Id 25 from 127.0.0.1:1812 to 0.0.0.0:0 length 33
 Reply-Message = "Hello, test"