19 Dec
2017
19 Dec
'17
2:59 p.m.
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 1:51 PM, JCA <1.41421@gmail.com> wrote:
I have configured my Linux system so that access to it over SSH is authenticated by a remote RADIUS servers. This works fine, but the user must be defined locally, and it must have a home directory. In my efforts to dispense with these requirements, I used a combination of the NSS and PAM. This works, but it requires another server out there, be it NIS, or LDAP, or something like that.
Is it not possible to do what I need with a RADIUS server alone? I don't believe so. That is why (as you mentioned) you've used NIS or LDAP. There is a project called FreeIPA that might be of interest to you. -m