There used to be a DEFAULT stanza in the "users" configuration file that set Auth-Type := System which tells the RADIUS server to use /etc/passwd for authentication. This has caused a few issues like this in the past, though I thought it had been resolved for 1.0.5. If is still exists you may have more success if you comment that out. Hope that helps, Mike -----Original Message----- From: freeradius-users-bounces@lists.freeradius.org [mailto:freeradius-users-bounces@lists.freeradius.org] Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2005 9:13 AM To: freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org Subject: CHAP Problems rad_check_password: Found Auth-Type Local rad_check_password: Found Auth-Type System Warning: Found 2 auth-types on request for user 'awarren' auth: type "System" Processing the authenticate section of radiusd.conf modcall: entering group authenticate for request 14 rlm_unix: Attribute "User-Password" is required for authentication. Cannot use "CHAP-Password". modcall[authenticate]: module "unix" returns invalid for request 14 modcall: group authenticate returns invalid for request 14 auth: Failed to validate the user. - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html