Background info: # uname -a Linux removed.com 2.6.9-67.0.22.EL #1 Wed Jul 23 17:17:45 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Free radius installed via a RPM: # rpm -qa | grep radius freeradius-1.0.1-3.RHEL4.5 # radiusd -v radiusd: FreeRADIUS Version 1.0.1, for host , built on Apr 25 2007 at 08:19:46 Copyright (C) 2000-2003 The FreeRADIUS server project. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You may redistribute copies of FreeRADIUS under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYRIGHT. We start/stop it via the init.d script which states: RADIUSD=/usr/sbin/radiusd LOCKF=/var/lock/subsys/radiusd CONFIG=/etc/raddb/radiusd.conf Our /etc/raddb/radiusd.conf clearly states to not log passwords: # allowed values: {no, yes} # log_auth_badpass = no log_auth_goodpass = no However it's logging good password auth's still.. # ll /etc/radacct/ | wc -l 631 # cat auth-detail-20081023 Packet-Type = Access-Request <removed> User-Name = "username" User-Password = "password" NAS-IP-Address = 127.0.0.1 Client-IP-Address = 127.0.0.1 Starting it manually with debug turned on here is what I see.. # radiusd -X Starting - reading configuration files ... reread_config: reading radiusd.conf Config: including file: /etc/raddb/proxy.conf Config: including file: /etc/raddb/clients.conf Config: including file: /etc/raddb/snmp.conf Config: including file: /etc/raddb/sql.conf main: prefix = "/" main: localstatedir = "//var" main: logdir = "/var/log" main: libdir = "//lib" main: radacctdir = "/etc/radacct" main: hostname_lookups = no main: max_request_time = 30 main: cleanup_delay = 5 main: max_requests = 1024 main: delete_blocked_requests = 0 main: port = 1812 main: allow_core_dumps = no main: log_stripped_names = yes main: log_file = "/var/log/radius.log" main: log_auth = yes main: log_auth_badpass = no main: log_auth_goodpass = no main: pidfile = "//var/run/radiusd/radiusd.pid" main: bind_address = 192.168.1.1 IP address [192.168.1.1] main: user = "(null)" main: group = "(null)" main: usercollide = no main: lower_user = "no" main: lower_pass = "no" main: nospace_user = "no" main: nospace_pass = "no" main: checkrad = "//sbin/checkrad" main: proxy_requests = no proxy: retry_delay = 5 proxy: retry_count = 3 proxy: synchronous = no proxy: default_fallback = yes proxy: dead_time = 120 proxy: post_proxy_authorize = yes proxy: wake_all_if_all_dead = no security: max_attributes = 200 security: reject_delay = 1 security: status_server = no main: debug_level = 0 read_config_files: reading dictionary read_config_files: reading naslist Using deprecated naslist file. Support for this will go away soon. read_config_files: reading clients read_config_files: reading realms radiusd: entering modules setup Module: Library search path is /lib Module: Loaded expr Module: Instantiated expr (expr) Module: Loaded PAP pap: encryption_scheme = "crypt" Module: Instantiated pap (pap) Module: Loaded CHAP Module: Instantiated chap (chap) Module: Loaded MS-CHAP mschap: use_mppe = yes mschap: require_encryption = no mschap: require_strong = no mschap: with_ntdomain_hack = no mschap: passwd = "(null)" mschap: authtype = "MS-CHAP" mschap: ntlm_auth = "(null)" Module: Instantiated mschap (mschap) Module: Loaded System unix: cache = no unix: passwd = "(null)" unix: shadow = "(null)" unix: group = "(null)" unix: radwtmp = "/var/log/radwtmp" unix: usegroup = no unix: cache_reload = 600 Module: Instantiated unix (unix) Module: Loaded eap eap: default_eap_type = "md5" eap: timer_expire = 60 eap: ignore_unknown_eap_types = no eap: cisco_accounting_username_bug = no rlm_eap: Loaded and initialized type md5 rlm_eap: Loaded and initialized type leap Module: Instantiated eap (eap) Module: Loaded preprocess preprocess: huntgroups = "/etc/raddb/huntgroups" preprocess: hints = "/etc/raddb/hints" preprocess: with_ascend_hack = no preprocess: ascend_channels_per_line = 23 preprocess: with_ntdomain_hack = no preprocess: with_specialix_jetstream_hack = no preprocess: with_cisco_vsa_hack = no Module: Instantiated preprocess (preprocess) Module: Loaded detail detail: detailfile = "/etc/radacct/%{Client-IP-Address}/auth-detail-%Y%m%d" detail: detailperm = 384 detail: dirperm = 493 detail: locking = no Module: Instantiated detail (auth_log) Module: Loaded realm realm: format = "suffix" realm: delimiter = "@" realm: ignore_default = no realm: ignore_null = no Module: Instantiated realm (suffix) Module: Loaded files files: usersfile = "/etc/raddb/users" files: acctusersfile = "/etc/raddb/acct_users" files: preproxy_usersfile = "/etc/raddb/preproxy_users" files: compat = "no" Module: Instantiated files (files) Module: Loaded Acct-Unique-Session-Id acct_unique: key = "User-Name, Acct-Session-Id, NAS-IP-Address, Client-IP-Address, NAS-Port-Id" Module: Instantiated acct_unique (acct_unique) detail: detailfile = "/etc/radacct/%{Client-IP-Address}/detail-%Y%m%d" detail: detailperm = 384 detail: dirperm = 493 detail: locking = no Module: Instantiated detail (detail) Module: Loaded radutmp radutmp: filename = "/var/log/radutmp" radutmp: username = "%{User-Name}" radutmp: case_sensitive = yes radutmp: check_with_nas = yes radutmp: perm = 384 radutmp: callerid = yes Module: Instantiated radutmp (radutmp) Listening on authentication 192.168.1.1:1812 Listening on accounting 192.168.1.1:1813 Ready to process requests. rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 10.10.10.10:2702, id=165, length=53 User-Name = "username" User-Password = "removed" NAS-IP-Address = 10.10.10.10 Processing the authorize section of radiusd.conf modcall: entering group authorize for request 0 modcall[authorize]: module "preprocess" returns ok for request 0 radius_xlat: '/etc/radacct/10.10.10.10/auth-detail-20090106' rlm_detail: /etc/radacct/%{Client-IP-Address}/auth-detail-%Y%m%d expands to /etc/radacct/10.10.10.10/auth-detail-20090106 modcall[authorize]: module "auth_log" returns ok for request 0 modcall[authorize]: module "chap" returns noop for request 0 rlm_eap: No EAP-Message, not doing EAP modcall[authorize]: module "eap" returns noop for request 0 rlm_realm: No '@' in User-Name = "username", looking up realm NULL rlm_realm: No such realm "NULL" modcall[authorize]: module "suffix" returns noop for request 0 users: Matched DEFAULT at 153 users: Matched username at 316 modcall[authorize]: module "files" returns ok for request 0 modcall[authorize]: module "mschap" returns noop for request 0 modcall: 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 ok for request 0 modcall: group authenticate returns ok for request 0 Login OK: [username] (from client hostname.com port 0) Sending Access-Accept of id 165 to 10.10.10.10:2702 NS-Admin-Privilege = All-VSYS-Root-Admin Finished request 0 Going to the next request --- Walking the entire request list --- Waking up in 6 seconds... You can see it touched and updated the file with the new record.. # ll total 4 -rw------- 1 root root 342 Jan 6 10:17 auth-detail-20090106 So why is it doing this? How can I stop it? Ideally I would like radius to NOT store passwords in plain-text.. Any help is appreciated, thanks all! -Tim Eberhard