I have done the following changes in the files below to test FreeRadius Server against a Openldap backend . * 1) /etc/raddb/modules/ldap* ldap { # # Note that this needs to match the name in the LDAP # server certificate, if you're using ldaps. *server = "127.0.0.1" identity = "cn=Administrator,dc=thales,dc=com" password = thales basedn = "dc=thales,dc=com" filter = "(uid=%{Stripped-User-Name:-%{User-Name}})" base_filter = "(objectclass=radiusprofile)"* # default_profile = "cn=radprofile,ou=dialup,o=My Org,c=UA" # profile_attribute = "radiusProfileDn" *access_attr = "dialupAccess"* # Mapping of RADIUS dictionary attributes to LDAP # directory attributes. *dictionary_mapping = ${confdir}/ldap.attrmap * *password_attribute = userPassword And also with no tls . 2) ldap.attrmap File with no changes. *# # Mapping of RADIUS dictionary attributes to LDAP directory attributes # to be used by LDAP authentication and authorization module (rlm_ldap) # # Format: # ItemType RADIUS-Attribute-Name ldapAttributeName [operator] # # Where: # ItemType = checkItem or replyItem # RADIUS-Attribute-Name = attribute name in RADIUS dictionary # ldapAttributeName = attribute name in LDAP schema # operator = optional, and may not be present. # If not present, defaults to "==" for checkItems, # and "=" for replyItems. # If present, the operator here should be one # of the same operators as defined in the "users"3 # file ("man users", or "man 5 users"). # If an operator is present in the value of the # LDAP entry (i.e. ":=foo"), then it over-rides # both the default, and any operator given here. # # If $GENERIC$ is specified as RADIUS-Attribute-Name, the line specifies # a LDAP attribute which can be used to store any RADIUS # attribute/value-pair in LDAP directory. # # You should edit this file to suit it to your needs. # checkItem $GENERIC$ radiusCheckItem replyItem $GENERIC$ radiusReplyItem checkItem Auth-Type radiusAuthType checkItem Simultaneous-Use radiusSimultaneousUse checkItem Called-Station-Id radiusCalledStationId checkItem Calling-Station-Id radiusCallingStationId checkItem LM-Password lmPassword checkItem NT-Password ntPassword checkItem LM-Password sambaLmPassword checkItem NT-Password sambaNtPassword checkItem SMB-Account-CTRL-TEXT acctFlags checkItem Expiration radiusExpiration checkItem NAS-IP-Address radiusNASIpAddress replyItem Service-Type radiusServiceType replyItem Framed-Protocol radiusFramedProtocol replyItem Framed-IP-Address radiusFramedIPAddress replyItem Framed-IP-Netmask radiusFramedIPNetmask replyItem Framed-Route radiusFramedRoute replyItem Framed-Routing radiusFramedRouting replyItem Filter-Id radiusFilterId replyItem Framed-MTU radiusFramedMTU replyItem Framed-Compression radiusFramedCompression replyItem Login-IP-Host radiusLoginIPHost replyItem Login-Service radiusLoginService replyItem Login-TCP-Port radiusLoginTCPPort replyItem Callback-Number radiusCallbackNumber replyItem Callback-Id radiusCallbackId replyItem Framed-IPX-Network radiusFramedIPXNetwork replyItem Class radiusClass replyItem Session-Timeout radiusSessionTimeout replyItem Idle-Timeout radiusIdleTimeout replyItem Termination-Action radiusTerminationAction replyItem Login-LAT-Service radiusLoginLATService replyItem Login-LAT-Node radiusLoginLATNode replyItem Login-LAT-Group radiusLoginLATGroup replyItem Framed-AppleTalk-Link radiusFramedAppleTalkLink replyItem Framed-AppleTalk-Network radiusFramedAppleTalkNetwork replyItem Framed-AppleTalk-Zone radiusFramedAppleTalkZone replyItem Port-Limit radiusPortLimit replyItem Login-LAT-Port radiusLoginLATPort replyItem Reply-Message radiusReplyMessage* 3) /etc/openldap/ldap.conf #* # LDAP Defaults # # See ldap.conf(5) for details # This file should be world readable but not world writable. #BASE dc=example, dc=com #URI ldap://ldap.example.com ldap://ldap-master.example.com:666 #SIZELIMIT 12 #TIMELIMIT 15 #DEREF never #TLS_REQCERT allow* host localhost base dc=thales,dc=com 4) /etc/openldap/slapd.conf # # See slapd.conf(5) for details on configuration options. # This file should NOT be world readable. # include /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/rfc2307bis.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/yast.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/RADIUS-LDAPv3.schema # Define global ACLs to disable default read access. # Do not enable referrals until AFTER you have a working directory # service AND an understanding of referrals. #referral ldap://root.openldap.org *pidfile /var/run/slapd/slapd.pid argsfile /var/run/slapd/slapd.args* *# Load dynamic backend modules: modulepath /usr/lib/openldap/modules # moduleload back_ldap.la # moduleload back_meta.la # moduleload back_monitor.la # moduleload back_perl.la # Sample security restrictions # Require integrity protection (prevent hijacking) # Require 112-bit (3DES or better) encryption for updates # Require 63-bit encryption for simple bind # security ssf=1 update_ssf=112 simple_bind=64 # Sample access control policy: # Root DSE: allow anyone to read it # Subschema (sub)entry DSE: allow anyone to read it # Other DSEs: # Allow self write access to user password # Allow anonymous users to authenticate # Allow read access to everything else # Directives needed to implement policy: access to dn.base="" by * read access to dn.base="cn=Subschema" by * read access to attrs=userPassword,userPKCS12 by self write by * auth access to attrs=shadowLastChange by self write by * read access to * by * read* # if no access controls are present, the default policy # allows anyone and everyone to read anything but restricts # updates to rootdn. (e.g., "access to * by * read") # # rootdn can always read and write EVERYTHING! ####################################################################### # BDB database definitions ####################################################################### loglevel 0 allow bind_v2 database bdb suffix "dc=thales,dc=com" rootdn "cn=Administrator,dc=thales,dc=com" rootpw "thales" directory /var/lib/ldap checkpoint 1024 5 cachesize 10000 index objectClass eq And in /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default file, I have enabled ldap in 'Authorize and Authenticate Section'. 5) And this is my ldapsearch output to lists my directory contents in ldif. # ldapsearch -x -h localhost objectclass=* # extended LDIF # # LDAPv3 # base <> with scope subtree # filter: objectclass=* # requesting: ALL # # thales.com dn: dc=thales,dc=com description: thales.Com, your trusted non-existent corporation. dc: thales o: thales.com objectClass: top objectClass: dcObject objectClass: organization # Users, thales.com dn: ou=Users,dc=thales,dc=com ou: Users description: thales.com Users objectClass: organizationalUnit # Groups, thales.com dn: ou=Groups,dc=thales,dc=com ou: Groups description: thales.Com Groups objectClass: organizationalUnit # System, thales.com dn: ou=System,dc=thales,dc=com ou: System description: Special accounts used by software applications. objectClass: organizationalUnit # hasan, Users, thales.com dn: uid=hasan,ou=Users,dc=thales,dc=com ou: Users uid: hasan cn: hasan syed sn: hasan givenName: syed displayName: Syed Hasan title: Systems Integrator description: Systems Integration and IT for thales.com employeeType: Employee departmentNumber: 001 employeeNumber: 001-08-98 mail: hasansyed@thales.com mail: hasan@thales.com roomNumber: 301 telephoneNumber: +1 555 555 4321 mobile: +1 555 555 6789 st: Alpes Maritimes l: Cannes street: 1234 Cicero Ave. preferredLanguage: en-us,en-gb objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetOrgPerson # barbara, Users, thales.com dn: uid=barbara,ou=Users,dc=thales,dc=com ou: Users uid: barbara sn: Jensen cn: Barbara Jensen givenName: Barbara displayName: Barbara Jensen mail: barbara@thales.com objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetOrgPerson # LDAP Admins, Groups, thales.com dn: cn=LDAP Admins,ou=Groups,dc=thales,dc=com cn: LDAP Admins ou: Groups description: Users who are LDAP administrators uniqueMember: uid=barbara,dc=thales,dc=com uniqueMember: uid=hasan,dc=thales,dc=com objectClass: groupOfUniqueNames # people, thales.com dn: ou=people,dc=thales,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: people # group, thales.com dn: ou=group,dc=thales,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: group # grouptemplate, Users, thales.com dn: cn=grouptemplate,ou=Users,dc=thales,dc=com cn: grouptemplate objectClass: top objectClass: suseObjectTemplate objectClass: suseGroupTemplate suseNamingAttribute: cn susePlugin: UsersPluginLDAPAll # usertemplate, Users, thales.com dn: cn=usertemplate,ou=Users,dc=thales,dc=com cn: usertemplate objectClass: top objectClass: suseObjectTemplate objectClass: suseUserTemplate suseDefaultValue: homedirectory=/home/%uid suseDefaultValue: loginshell=/bin/bash suseNamingAttribute: uid susePlugin: UsersPluginLDAPAll # anwar, users, thales.com dn: cn=anwar,ou=users,dc=thales,dc=com cn: anwar objectClass: top objectClass: suseModuleConfiguration objectClass: suseUserConfiguration suseDefaultBase: ou=people,dc=thales,dc=com suseDefaultTemplate: cn=usertemplate,ou=Users,dc=thales,dc=com suseMaxPasswordLength: 8 suseMaxUniqueId: 60000 suseMinPasswordLength: 5 suseMinUniqueId: 1000 suseNextUniqueId: 1000 susePasswordHash: CRYPT suseSearchFilter: objectclass=posixaccount suseSkelDir: /etc/skel # groupconfiguration, Users, thales.com dn: cn=groupconfiguration,ou=Users,dc=thales,dc=com cn: groupconfiguration objectClass: top objectClass: suseModuleConfiguration objectClass: suseGroupConfiguration suseDefaultBase: ou=group,dc=thales,dc=com suseDefaultTemplate: cn=grouptemplate,ou=Users,dc=thales,dc=com suseMaxUniqueId: 60000 suseMinUniqueId: 1000 suseNextUniqueId: 1000 suseSearchFilter: objectclass=posixgroup # search result search: 2 result: 0 Success # numResponses: 14 # numEntries: 13 By this tree structure, In the users entry, I want to authenticate the uid hasan with a user password 'thales' using radtest to check whether FreeRadius can authenticate against Openldap backend. Using the command, radtest hasan thales 192.168.1.131 1 testing123 And when I have done the above changes for OpenLdap and FreeRadius Integration. And Started FreeRadius Server using radiusd -X command. Please help me in this regard. SYED Stagiare,Thales 6) I got this Output in which the errors is failed to link rlm_ldap module . *FreeRADIUS Version 2.0.5, for host i686-pc-linux-gnu, built on Jul 21 2008 at 15:35:42 Copyright (C) 1999-2008 The FreeRADIUS server project and contributors. 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 v2. Starting - reading configuration files ... including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/radiusd.conf including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/proxy.conf including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/clients.conf including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/snmp.conf including files in directory /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/ including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/policy including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/acct_unique including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/unix including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/chap including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/preprocess including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/expiration including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/mac2vlan including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/mschap including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/ippool including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/files including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/krb5 including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/passwd including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/radutmp including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/attr_rewrite including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/echo including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/etc_group including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/pap including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/realm including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/pam including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/always including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/exec including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/logintime including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/sql_log including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/smbpasswd including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/sradutmp including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/counter including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/ldap including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/expr including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/attr_filter including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/checkval including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/digest including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/detail including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/detail.log including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/mac2ip including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/eap.conf including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/sql.conf including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/sql/mysql/dialup.conf including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/sql/mysql/counter.conf including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/policy.conf including files in directory /usr/local/etc/raddb/sites-enabled/ including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default including configuration file /usr/local/etc/raddb/sites-enabled/inner-tunnel including dictionary file /usr/local/etc/raddb/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 pidfile = "/usr/local/var/run/radiusd/radiusd.pid" checkrad = "/usr/local/sbin/checkrad" debug_level = 0 proxy_requests = yes log { stripped_names = no auth = no auth_badpass = no auth_goodpass = no } } client localhost { ipaddr = 127.0.0.1 require_message_authenticator = no secret = "testing123" nastype = "other" } radiusd: #### Loading Realms and Home Servers #### proxy server { retry_delay = 5 retry_count = 3 default_fallback = no dead_time = 120 wake_all_if_all_dead = no } home_server localhost { ipaddr = 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 } home_server_pool my_auth_failover { type = fail-over home_server = localhost } realm example.com { auth_pool = my_auth_failover } realm LOCAL { } radiusd: #### Instantiating modules #### instantiate { Module: Linked to module rlm_exec Module: Instantiating exec exec { wait = no input_pairs = "request" shell_escape = yes } 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 } } radiusd: #### Loading Virtual Servers #### server inner-tunnel { modules { Module: Checking authenticate {...} for more modules to load Module: Linked to module rlm_pap Module: Instantiating pap pap { encryption_scheme = "auto" auto_header = no } 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 } Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_md5 Module: Instantiating eap-md5 Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_leap Module: Instantiating eap-leap Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_gtc Module: 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. Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_mschapv2 Module: Instantiating eap-mschapv2 mschapv2 { with_ntdomain_hack = no } Module: Checking authorize {...} for more modules to load 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 session {...} for more modules to load 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: Checking post-proxy {...} for more modules to load Module: Checking post-auth {...} for more modules to load Module: Linked to module rlm_attr_filter Module: Instantiating attr_filter.access_reject attr_filter attr_filter.access_reject { attrsfile = "/usr/local/etc/raddb/attrs.access_reject" key = "%{User-Name}" } } } server { modules { Module: Checking authenticate {...} for more modules to load /*usr/local/etc/raddb/modules/ldap[29]: Failed to link to module 'rlm_ldap': rlm_ldap.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory /usr/local/etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default[275]: Failed to find module "ldap". /usr/local/etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default[275]: Failed to parse "ldap" entry. } }* * Errors initializing modules* * *