We've been running Freeradius for a long time without any issues. We typically turn a customer off by changing the password in the passwd file. We use the passwd file for authentication. The issue is intermittent the customer is DSL so they will try to log in for a couple of hours constantly before being allowed to connect. Once the connect reseting their dsl connection forces them to login again. It will fail at this point, like it's supposed to. First before I get into posting any configs or that detail, has anyone else had similar problems? Also, the logs sometimes show invalid shell with part of the passwd file. Not necessarily the actual shell portion though. It may show the home directory, or the shell, or even part of one of those such as "/bin/fal" -- Chris Moss