Hey Tim, Tnx for the quick answer. In the meantime I figured out my problem. In 'users' file I commented out: ----- # First setup all accounts to be checked against the UNIX /etc/passwd. # (Unless a password was already given earlier in this file). # #DEFAULT Auth-Type = System # Fall-Through = 1 ----- Which 'tells' Radius to authenticate with /etc/passwd. Now localcheck works fine. I have another problem. I enter a client with a secret in clients.conf file: ---- Client 192.168.10.10 { secret = XXXXXXXX shortname = Test } But while testing from Client 192.168.10.10 - I got: --- rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host: 192.168.10.10:45931, id=56, length=53 Ignoring request from unknown client 192.168.10.10:45931 --- Walking the entire request list --- Nothing to do. Sleeping until we see a request. ------------ Any hint?? ------- בברכה, שמעון ויינרייך האוניברסיטה הפתוחה -----Original Message----- From: freeradius-users-bounces+shimon=openu.ac.il@lists.freeradius.org [mailto:freeradius-users-bounces+shimon=openu.ac.il@lists.freeradius.org] On Behalf Of freeradius-users-request@lists.freeradius.org Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 8:45 AM To: freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org Subject: Freeradius-Users Digest, Vol 46, Issue 94 Send Freeradius-Users mailing list submissions to freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.freeradius.org/mailman/listinfo/freeradius-users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to freeradius-users-request@lists.freeradius.org You can reach the person managing the list at freeradius-users-owner@lists.freeradius.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Freeradius-Users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. auth: Failed to validate the user - NEED SOME HELP ! (Shimon Weinreich) 2. RE: auth: Failed to validate the user - NEED SOME HELP ! (Tim Sylvester) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:35:38 +0200 From: "Shimon Weinreich" <shimon@openu.ac.il> Subject: auth: Failed to validate the user - NEED SOME HELP ! To: <freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org> Message-ID: <A8DAF37AB05CA74C938F57DD1909576614360D@AMNON.openu.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1255" Hello, My name is Shimon from the Open Univ. of Israel. I installed freeradius and I want the Users to authenticate with /etc/raddb/users file NOT /etc/passwd file. Below is a printout of /usr/sbin/radius ?X ?y ---------------------- rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 127.0.0.1:54057, id=172, length=59 User-Name = "monitor" User-Password = "XXXXXXXX" NAS-IP-Address = 255.255.255.255 NAS-Port = 1812 Processing the authorize section of radiusd.conf modcall: entering group authorize for request 0 modcall[authorize]: module "preprocess" returns ok for request 0 modcall[authorize]: module "chap" returns noop for request 0 modcall[authorize]: module "mschap" returns noop for request 0 rlm_realm: No '@' in User-Name = "monitor", looking up realm NULL rlm_realm: No such realm "NULL" modcall[authorize]: module "suffix" returns noop for request 0 rlm_eap: No EAP-Message, not doing EAP modcall[authorize]: module "eap" returns noop for request 0 users: Matched entry DEFAULT at line 152 users: Matched entry monitor at line 216 modcall[authorize]: module "files" returns ok for request 0 modcall: leaving group authorize (returns ok) for request 0 rad_check_password: Found Auth-Type System auth: type "System" Processing the authenticate section of radiusd.conf modcall: entering group authenticate for request 0 modcall[authenticate]: module "unix" returns notfound for request 0 modcall: leaving group authenticate (returns notfound) for request 0 auth: Failed to validate the user. Delaying request 0 for 1 seconds Finished request 0 Going to the next request --- Walking the entire request list --- Waking up in 1 seconds... --- Walking the entire request list --- Waking up in 1 seconds... --- Walking the entire request list --- Sending Access-Reject of id 172 to 127.0.0.1 port 54057 Waking up in 4 seconds... --- Walking the entire request list --- Cleaning up request 0 ID 172 with timestamp 49a4e630 Nothing to do. Sleeping until we see a request. ----------------------------------------------------- Can someone help me with defining radius NOT to authenticate with /etc/passwd But with /etc/raddb/users file. Tnx, ------- ?????, ????? ???????? ??????????? ??????