Christ Schlacta wrote:
I've noticed that many features in freeradius are implemented unintuitively. Groups are one example. the various rlm modules are another example.
*Concrete* examples. Great! The "unintuitive" support for groups is that FreeRADIUS doesn't really support groups. There are hacks to do groups in /etc/group, LDAP, or SQL, but they're awkward and confusing. I'm not sure what's unintuitive about the various rlm modules. Which ones? Why?
Furthermore there's alot of extensive documentation to filter through. Asking a general question in hopes of narrowing the search parameters isn't unreasonable.
Sure. "How do I do X" is a *much* better question than "tell me 5 ways to do X". And it's even better to say "I've read X, Y, and Z, but I still have questions about paragraph 3"
a good answer to this particular question would have been "look into creating a disabled group, or adding an rlm_sql column to enable or disable users. you should read the man rlm_sql and look into the files in the sql folder to see what the existing queries look like". it narrows the search paramters to one folder and one man-page without taking forever and enables the OP to find the answer quickly and easily. I've gotten similar answers before, and used them to their fullest.
Sure. Anyone is welcome to answer any question on this list. :) Generally, questions with content get answers with content. Alan DeKok.