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<BR>Authentication requests currently come from cisco routers and switches mostly, probably would have to add servers as well in future.
<P>So....does it mean that freeradius server will respond by default to the requests from cisco routers and switches whose users I have added in etc/shadow?
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From: Ggatten@waddell.com<BR>To: freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org<BR>Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:41:07 -0500<BR>Subject: RE: authenticate via etc/shadow intead of users<BR><BR>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT color=black size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Yup – I *<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">think</SPAN></B>* the “unix” module (*nix) is enabled by default, so it should just work. Perhaps check your radiusd.conf and $radius/sites-enabled/default to ensure it’s enabled. But, I guess it may depend on what type of authentication requests you are speaking of.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> freeradius-users-bounces+ggatten=waddell.com@lists.freeradius.org [mailto:freeradius-users-bounces+ggatten=waddell.com@lists.freeradius.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Raheel Itrat<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, March 21, 2011 3:11 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: authenticate via etc/shadow intead of users</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thanks Alan, what <SPAN class=ecxhighlight>I am actually trying to achieve is to authenticate</SPAN> <SPAN class=ecxhighlight>users</SPAN> against our Linux /<SPAN class=ecxhighlight>etc</SPAN>/<SPAN class=ecxhighlight>shadow</SPAN> or /<SPAN class=ecxhighlight>etc</SPAN>/password/ <SPAN class=ecxhighlight>files</SPAN>. I don't want to use the <SPAN class=ecxhighlight>USERS</SPAN> <SPAN class=ecxhighlight>file</SPAN> as it stores passwords in clear text which is what we're trying to avoid.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>> Hi,<BR>> <BR>> > I am a newbie to free radius, I need to know what changes are required in<BR>> > radiusd.conf or any other file in order to authenticate clients requests<BR>> > through local machine users(etc/passwd or etc/shadow) instead of making<BR>> > users in the raddb/users file.<BR>> <BR>> add users to the system passwd/shadow file, ensure that the 'unix' module<BR>> is enabled. <BR>> <BR>> answer based on the scarce info provided<BR>> <BR>> alan<BR>> -<BR>> List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><FONT size=1>
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