newbie question for freeradius

[Jacques Marneweck]

Hi Alan,

FreeBSD's /etc/master.passwd file always has a comment at the top  
starting with a # which means ignore the line.

Regards
--jm

On 17 Feb 2009, at 8:52 PM, Alan DeKok wrote:

> ipfreak wrote:
>> i would like to use unix file /etc/passwd to authenticate users on my
>> routers and somehow it always fails:
>
> Because you broke the "passwd" file.
>
>> rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 192.168.10.101:61706,  
>> id=153,
>> length=53
>>     User-Name = "tester"
>>     User-Password = "test"
>>     NAS-Identifier = "lab_1"
>>     NAS-IP-Address = 192.168.6.1
>> rlm_pap: WARNING! No "known good" password found for the user.
>> Authentication may fail because of this.
>> rlm_unix:  GID too long in line: # $FreeBSD: src/etc/master.passwd,v
>> 1.40.18.1 2008/11/25 02:59:29 kensmith Exp $
>
> Wow... the "passwd" file does *not* allow comments.  Whatever prompted
> you to add them?
>
> And that message should be pretty clear to anyone prepared to read it.
>
> Alan DeKok.
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