Hi, I was trying to use the pam_radius module with the steel-belted-radius-server. This server does not send vsa's in the reply if i send an "authenticate only" in the access-request. is this really expected? any idea whether other radius servers be doing something like this? thanks ganesh
The pam_radius module currently uses the service-type authenticate-only when sending an access-request.
The rfc says this about "authenticate only": Only Authentication is requested, and no authorization information needs to be returned in the Access-Accept
Does this mean that if I want the server to send some VSA in the reply-message i should not use this?
No. "no authorization information *needs* to be returned" - not required but you *can* do it if you want.
Is it OK to not send any service-type?
Yes, that or any other attribute in the reply. For services that *really* don't require any authorization attributes. Ivan Kalik Kalik Informatika ISP Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/