FreeRadius users mailing list <freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org> on August 7, 2005 at 11:16 -0800 wrote:
On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 15:05:50 +0100 A.L.M.Buxey@lboro.ac.uk wrote:
Hi,
I'm attempting to get my hands around installing FreeRadius-1.0.4 on a Debian Linux machine while also trying learn Linux better. I've been reading through all the various documentation, but had a few general questions that I was hoping someone would be so kind to reply on.
Install FreeBSD, go to /usr/ports/net/freeradius and simply type make install clean Voila, all you need including dependiences will be automatically installed on your system. Or if you wanna go for a BSD wannabe in the Linux world, use Gentoo, there you just type emerge freeradius and you get the same result as on BSD. Dealing with Debian you either get outdated applications or pretty unstable system, depending of the Debian branch you may want to use. Please keep in mind this is my subjective opinion based on my long time experience. And BTW, the version you are trying to install is also outdated and with known security issues.
Dude! He's trying to install the most recent version: 1.0.4... While I would agree that FreeBSD is generally a better choice than any Linux variant, YMMV. You are right about outdated packages -- the Debian Freeradius package is v1.0.2... and comes without EAP-TLS and anything that requires it. -kb -- Kris Benson, CCP, I.S.P. Technical Analyst, District Projects School District #57 (Prince George)