I apologize for not using proper terms since this is new to me, I tend to associate to something I do know.
 
1.) Since I attempting to use the sql database for authentication purpose, would it be best if I made sure that radius@localhost (my username I chose) be in the users file and also be granted privileges on the sql database (I chose to call it radius as well)
 
2.)  When doing the radtest, would the proper syntax be radtest radius radiustest localhost 1645 baseball (with baseball being the shared secret also entered into the clients.conf file) or should there be quotes around the shared secret.  My apologies for calling it a preshare key.  This is an IPSec term that I have used for a few years.
 
3.)  I have read documentation.  I have bought the O'Reilly Book and read it.  I have reinstalled my server and all to no avail.  I appreciate the help you all give, but I am stuck.  I am sure I overlooked the issue, but at this point, I cannot see it. 
 
Thanks again.
 
Dwane

From: Atkins, Dwane P
Sent: Sat 3/25/2006 11:34 AM
To: freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org
Subject: Still having issue with radtest

A couple questions I have not asked about this issue?  Do both the user@localhost and localhost need access to the Sql database.  I am at a loss as to why everytime I run this process, it tells me that I have an invalid preshare key.  Do they preshare keys need to be in quotes.  If I have a user called radius with a password of radiustest and my localhost preshare is BASEBALL, then would my syntax be, radtest radius radiustest localhost 1645 BASEBALL ?  Or woudl I need to put quotes around the alpha characters.  I cannot move on until I get this resolved obviously  and I am not sure where to try.  I can get issues resolved with the SQL portion, but to get it to see the local host, I am at a loss. 
 
If anyone can think of anything else I can possibly try, please let me know.  If not, I appreciate all your efforts.

Dwane