frontend for freeradius???
hi list, i have a question, are there any freeradius frontend to administer users, but which don't assume i have ldap or mysql?? my users are only in users file, i reviewed dialup_admin and php radius accounting tool, but both assume i have mysql or ldap, i just want some program with graphical interface to add users and passwords in freeradius, and if possible monitor them. are there something like that?? thanks. _______________________________________________________________ In what sea are the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland both located? postmaster.co.uk http://www.postmaster.co.uk/cgi-bin/meme/quiz.pl?id=171
On Thu, 2006-30-03 at 16:40 +0100, Pelusa Vali wrote:
hi list, i have a question, are there any freeradius frontend to administer users, but which don't assume i have ldap or mysql?? my users are only in users file, i reviewed dialup_admin and php radius accounting tool, but both assume i have mysql or ldap, i just want some program with graphical interface to add users and passwords in freeradius, and if possible monitor them. are there something like that?? thanks.
I don't think there are any official projects. Some people have "in-house" management systems, but are weary about making them public. If you are willing to modify and maintain the front end code without endless queries to the progenitors of some code, you might want to ask if anyone has something to help you get started. I have been working on some PHP functions to manage FreeRadius, but have not developed anything for the users file yet. So far I have developed functions that can acquire the information from the configuration or dictionary files. But I am taking some time to consider how to handle the huge amount of data from the dictionary files. Since the users file can handle multiple alternate configurations for DEFAULT and or user entries, it will require careful planning. In order to make sure the entries are stored in a unique way, and ensure that the correct entry can be identified, and make sure that entries do not get combined. For my needs, most users will have little more than an encrypted password, and we intend on using an SQL backend, and do not use the users file at all, so accessing the data in the users file is near the bottom of my list, but others may have it as a different priority.
Guy Fraser <guy@incentre.net> wrote:
Since the users file can handle multiple alternate configurations for DEFAULT and or user entries, it will require careful planning.
I would suggest avoiding the users file. It causes *way* too many problems. Instead, design something that will be useful, better than the "users" file, and easy for you to implement. We'll then take a look at creating a module to support it. Alan DeKok.
On Thu, 2006-30-03 at 22:04 -0500, Alan DeKok wrote:
Guy Fraser <guy@incentre.net> wrote:
Since the users file can handle multiple alternate configurations for DEFAULT and or user entries, it will require careful planning.
I would suggest avoiding the users file. It causes *way* too many problems.
Instead, design something that will be useful, better than the "users" file, and easy for you to implement. We'll then take a look at creating a module to support it.
Alan DeKok.
Interesting Idea! I have very simple needs now for Radius, we only provide a few different dialup packages and only allow PAP authentication. The current rml_sql is all I currently need, but I will consider some alternative ideas, that could provide easier manageability for myself and many others on this list. PS I have recently posted a link to some of the PHP stuff I have developed lately.
On Thu, 2006-30-03 at 16:40 +0100, Pelusa Vali wrote:
hi list, i have a question, are there any freeradius frontend to administer users, but which don't assume i have ldap or mysql?? my users are only in users file, i reviewed dialup_admin and php radius accounting tool, but both assume i have mysql or ldap, i just want some program with graphical interface to add users and passwords in freeradius, and if possible monitor them. are there something like that?? thanks.
I almost forgot. If most or all of your users have the same checks and replies but have different passwords and are using PAP, you may want to consider a default entry with Auth-Type = System and using the password file to maintain users. If you do it that way, you could use Webmin to maintain the user accounts.
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