Im just about at the end of my rope... I have been searching and reading and reading, but cannot get this to work. I have a external ms sql database that has three columns only. member_id, HashedPassword, and Salt. I am trying to authenticate against this database. 1st question is: Do I have to use the schema that is inside freeradius, and if I do not, how do I get FR to auth without using all the tables that are preinstalled in the schema? Unfortunately I am not a sql database guy, im a network guy, and writing db is not my forte.. This is what I have but yet I know it is incorrect. I dont want to use any groups, it is strictly for someone to logon to our vpn and wireless connections. The passwords are stored in SHA-512 with Salt and unicoding. Is it even possible or am I wasting my time? I am running 3.0.6 of FR. These are the only columns in the database. recreating the database isnt likely to happen, having almost 19,000 rows in the table. authorize_check_query = "\ SELECT member_id, HashedPassword, Salt \ FROM ${dbo.vw_Main_table} \ WHERE UserName = '%{SQL-User-Name}'" Robert Graham Network Engineer U-Haul International 2727 N. Central Ave Phoenix, AZ 85004