Hi again. I had to make some testing just to be sure im not doing anything really stupid. Here below you can see my two test, one with User-Password and one with Cleartext-password, i can't make neither to work. Startup debian:/usr/local/etc/raddb# /usr/local/sbin/radiusd -v radiusd: FreeRADIUS Version 2.0.0-pre2, for host powerpc-unknown- linux-gnu, built on Sep 15 2007 at 06:11:44 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- debian:/usr/local/etc/raddb# /usr/local/sbin/radiusd -X -f -d /usr/ local/etc/raddb FreeRADIUS Version 2.0.0-pre2, for host powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu, built on Sep 15 2007 at 06:11:44 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 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. Config: including file: /usr/local/etc/raddb/radiusd.conf Config: including file: /usr/local/etc/raddb/proxy.conf Config: including file: /usr/local/etc/raddb/clients.conf Config: including file: /usr/local/etc/raddb/snmp.conf Config: including file: /usr/local/etc/raddb/eap.conf Config: including file: /usr/local/etc/raddb/sql.conf Config: including file: /usr/local/etc/raddb/sql/mysql/dialup.conf Config: including file: /usr/local/etc/raddb/sql/mysql/counter.conf Config: including files in directory: /usr/local/etc/raddb/sites- enabled/ Config: including file: /usr/local/etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default Starting - reading configuration files ... read_config_files: reading dictionary main { prefix = "/usr/local" localstatedir = "/usr/local/var" logdir = "/usr/local/var/log/radius" libdir = "/usr/local/lib" radacctdir = "/usr/local/var/log/radius/radacct" hostname_lookups = no max_request_time = 30 cleanup_delay = 5 max_requests = 1024 allow_core_dumps = no log_stripped_names = no log_file = "/usr/local/var/log/radius/radius.log" log_auth = no log_auth_badpass = no log_auth_goodpass = no pidfile = "/usr/local/var/run/radiusd/radiusd.pid" checkrad = "/usr/local/sbin/checkrad" debug_level = 0 proxy_requests = yes log { syslog_facility = "daemon" } proxy server { retry_delay = 5 retry_count = 3 default_fallback = no dead_time = 120 wake_all_if_all_dead = no } security { max_attributes = 200 reject_delay = 1 status_server = yes } } home_server localhost { ipaddr = 127.0.0.1 IP address [127.0.0.1] port = 1812 type = "auth" secret = "testing123" response_window = 20 max_outstanding = 65536 zombie_period = 40 status_check = "status-server" ping_check = "none" ping_interval = 30 check_interval = 30 num_answers_to_alive = 3 num_pings_to_alive = 3 revive_interval = 120 status_check_timeout = 4 } server_pool my_auth_failover { type = fail-over home_server = localhost } realm example.com { auth_pool = my_auth_failover } realm LOCAL { } listen { type = "auth" ipaddr = * port = 0 client 127.0.0.1 { secret = "testing123" shortname = "localhost" nastype = "other" } client 10.0.5.200 { secret = "xxx" shortname = "ap4000" nastype = "other" } } listen { type = "acct" ipaddr = * port = 0 } radiusd: entering modules setup radiusd: Library search path is /usr/local/lib instantiate { Module: Linked to module rlm_exec Module: Instantiating exec exec { wait = yes input_pairs = "request" shell_escape = yes } rlm_exec: wait=yes but no output defined. Did you mean output=none? Module: Linked to module rlm_expr Module: Instantiating expr Module: Linked to module rlm_expiration Module: Instantiating expiration expiration { reply-message = "Password Has Expired " } Module: Linked to module rlm_logintime Module: Instantiating logintime logintime { reply-message = "You are calling outside your allowed timespan " minimum-timeout = 60 } } server { modules { Module: Checking authenticate {...} for more modules to load Module: Linked to module rlm_pap Module: Instantiating pap pap { encryption_scheme = "auto" auto_header = yes } Module: Linked to module rlm_chap Module: Instantiating chap Module: Linked to module rlm_mschap Module: Instantiating mschap mschap { use_mppe = yes require_encryption = no require_strong = no with_ntdomain_hack = no } Module: Linked to module rlm_unix Module: Instantiating unix unix { radwtmp = "/usr/local/var/log/radius/radwtmp" } Module: Linked to module rlm_eap Module: Instantiating eap eap { default_eap_type = "md5" timer_expire = 60 ignore_unknown_eap_types = no cisco_accounting_username_bug = no } eap: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_md5 eap: Instantiating eap-md5 eap: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_leap eap: Instantiating eap-leap eap: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_gtc eap: Instantiating eap-gtc gtc { challenge = "Password: " auth_type = "PAP" } rlm_eap: Ignoring EAP-Type/tls because we do not have OpenSSL support. rlm_eap: Ignoring EAP-Type/ttls because we do not have OpenSSL support. rlm_eap: Ignoring EAP-Type/peap because we do not have OpenSSL support. eap: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_mschapv2 eap: Instantiating eap-mschapv2 mschapv2 { with_ntdomain_hack = no } Module: Checking authorize {...} for more modules to load Module: Linked to module rlm_preprocess Module: Instantiating preprocess preprocess { huntgroups = "/usr/local/etc/raddb/huntgroups" hints = "/usr/local/etc/raddb/hints" with_ascend_hack = no ascend_channels_per_line = 23 with_ntdomain_hack = no with_specialix_jetstream_hack = no with_cisco_vsa_hack = no with_alvarion_vsa_hack = no } Module: Linked to module rlm_realm Module: Instantiating suffix realm suffix { format = "suffix" delimiter = "@" ignore_default = no ignore_null = no } Module: Linked to module rlm_files Module: Instantiating files files { usersfile = "/usr/local/etc/raddb/users" acctusersfile = "/usr/local/etc/raddb/acct_users" preproxy_usersfile = "/usr/local/etc/raddb/preproxy_users" compat = "no" } Module: Checking preacct {...} for more modules to load Module: Linked to module rlm_acct_unique Module: Instantiating acct_unique acct_unique { key = "User-Name, Acct-Session-Id, NAS-IP-Address, Client-IP- Address, NAS-Port" } Module: Checking accounting {...} for more modules to load Module: Linked to module rlm_detail Module: Instantiating detail detail { detailfile = "/usr/local/var/log/radius/radacct/%{Client-IP- Address}/detail-%Y%m%d" header = "%t" detailperm = 384 dirperm = 493 locking = no log_packet_header = no } Module: Linked to module rlm_radutmp Module: Instantiating radutmp radutmp { filename = "/usr/local/var/log/radius/radutmp" username = "%{User-Name}" case_sensitive = yes check_with_nas = yes perm = 384 callerid = yes } Module: Linked to module rlm_attr_filter Module: Instantiating attr_filter.accounting_response attr_filter attr_filter.accounting_response { attrsfile = "/usr/local/etc/raddb/attrs.accounting_response" key = "%{User-Name}" } Module: Checking session {...} for more modules to load Module: Checking post-proxy {...} for more modules to load Module: Checking post-auth {...} for more modules to load Module: Instantiating attr_filter.access_reject attr_filter attr_filter.access_reject { attrsfile = "/usr/local/etc/raddb/attrs.access_reject" key = "%{User-Name}" } } } Initializing the thread pool... Listening on authentication address * port 1812 Listening on accounting address * port 1813 Listening on proxy address * port 1814 Ready to process requests. Nothing to do. Sleeping until we see a request. Test with User-password rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 10.0.5.200 port 6001, id=27, length=151 User-Name = "00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc" User-Password = "00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc" NAS-IP-Address = 10.0.5.200 Called-Station-Id = "00-20-a6-6f-93-bf:My Wireless Network B" Calling-Station-Id = "00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc" NAS-Port = 9 NAS-Port-Type = Wireless-802.11 +- entering group authorize ++[preprocess] returns ok ++[chap] returns noop ++[mschap] returns noop ++[unix] returns notfound rlm_realm: No '@' in User-Name = "00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc", looking up realm NULL rlm_realm: No such realm "NULL" ++[suffix] returns noop rlm_eap: No EAP-Message, not doing EAP ++[eap] returns noop WARNING: Found User-Password == "...". WARNING: Are you sure you don't mean Cleartext-Password? WARNING: See "man rlm_pap" for more information. users: Matched entry 00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc at line 78 ++[files] returns ok ++[expiration] returns noop ++[logintime] returns noop rlm_pap: WARNING! No "known good" password found for the user. Authentication may fail because of this. ++[pap] returns noop auth: No authenticate method (Auth-Type) configuration found for the request: Rejecting the user auth: Failed to validate the user. Found Post-Auth-Type Reject +- entering group REJECT expand: %{User-Name} -> 00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc attr_filter: Matched entry DEFAULT at line 11 ++[attr_filter.access_reject] returns updated Delaying reject of request 0 for 1 seconds Going to the next request Sending delayed reject for request 0 Sending Access-Reject of id 27 to 10.0.5.200 port 6001 User creds 00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc User-Password=="00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc" Calling-Station-Id=="00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc", NAS-IP-Address = 82.182.120.201, Called-Station-Id = "00-20-a6-6f-93-bf:My Wireless Network B", Service-Type = Framed-User, Framed-Routing = Broadcast-Listen,a Calling-Station-Id = "00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc", NAS-Port = 9, NAS-Port-Type = Wireless-802.11 ________________________________________________________ (exactly the same startup) Test with Cleartext-Password rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 10.0.5.200 port 6001, id=28, length=151 User-Name = "00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc" User-Password = "00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc" NAS-IP-Address = 10.0.5.200 Called-Station-Id = "00-20-a6-6f-93-bf:My Wireless Network B" Calling-Station-Id = "00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc" NAS-Port = 9 NAS-Port-Type = Wireless-802.11 +- entering group authorize ++[preprocess] returns ok ++[chap] returns noop ++[mschap] returns noop ++[unix] returns notfound rlm_realm: No '@' in User-Name = "00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc", looking up realm NULL rlm_realm: No such realm "NULL" ++[suffix] returns noop rlm_eap: No EAP-Message, not doing EAP ++[eap] returns noop ++[files] returns noop ++[expiration] returns noop ++[logintime] returns noop rlm_pap: WARNING! No "known good" password found for the user. Authentication may fail because of this. ++[pap] returns noop auth: No authenticate method (Auth-Type) configuration found for the request: Rejecting the user auth: Failed to validate the user. Found Post-Auth-Type Reject +- entering group REJECT expand: %{User-Name} -> 00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc attr_filter: Matched entry DEFAULT at line 11 ++[attr_filter.access_reject] returns updated Delaying reject of request 0 for 1 seconds Going to the next request Sending delayed reject for request 0 Sending Access-Reject of id 28 to 10.0.5.200 port 6001 User creds 00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc Cleartext-Password=="00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc" Calling-Station-Id=="00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc", NAS-IP-Address = 82.182.120.201, Called-Station-Id = "00-20-a6-6f-93-bf:My Wireless Network B", Service-Type = Framed-User, Framed-Routing = Broadcast-Listen, Calling-Station-Id = "00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc", NAS-Port = 9, NAS-Port-Type = Wireless-802.11 In both cases i get something strange that i cant find anywhere in the configs: Found Post-Auth-Type Reject +- entering group REJECT expand: %{User-Name} -> 00-1c-a4-6e-0e-fc attr_filter: Matched entry DEFAULT at line 11 What does this mean? Thx and good night. p On Sep 17, 2007, at 5:56 PM, freeradius-users- request@lists.freeradius.org wrote:

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OMG! Im so sorry Alan - that was too easy (and im a noob). If i ever walk by your house you can get a free shot at me. : )

as a resident of nottingham , UK, my neighbours might get their shot off first! ;-)

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Many thx again A - you'r the man, as always.

I'm guessing it worked then? ;-)