Hi all, This is to replicate a customer issue with MAC authentication failing from a Wi-Fi router, I'm setting up a lab as its hard getting access to their network. The Wi-Fi client is a device on a plane. I'm trying to set up MAC Authentication in FreeRADIUS, following the guide: http://wiki.freeradius.org/guide/Mac-Auth but it appears to be wrong or it's something I've got wrong. I have followed the instructions for plain MAC-Auth. Running fresh install of Fedora 3.17.4-301.fc21.i686 Installed FreeRADIUS Version 3.0.4 using yum Created raddb/policy.conf as it didnt exist. It is the same as in the wiki page. Next 'raddb/modules/file' did not exist, so I created it. The file contents are the same as in the wiki page. Moved onto 'raddb/authorized_macs' created the file and put in the known MAC address of the RADIUS supplicant (the device being authenticated). Finally, the 'raddb/sites-available/default' was modified and this is where it's not as clear. I've added this whole 'authorize' section to replace the existing section, the next section is the 'authenticate' section and this hasn't been modified. When I start 'radiusd -X' I see the following output, which shows the error: failed to find "authorized_macs" in the "modules" section I've been over loads of forum articles but cannot find the answer or any clues to what is causing the error. Only saw a handful of other people with similar issue, but not an actual fix. Here are the last lines with the error, full radiusd -X output below. # Loading authorize {...} /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default[261]: Failed to find "authorized_macs" in the "modules" section. /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default[254]: Errors parsing authorize section. Can anyone see what I have done wrong? Let me know if you need more info/debug. Thanks Ben [BenG@fedora raddb]$ su Password: [root@fedora raddb]# [root@fedora raddb]# radiusd -X radiusd: FreeRADIUS Version 3.0.4, for host i686-redhat-linux-gnu, built on Jan 19 2015 at 19:42:00 Copyright (C) 1999-2014 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 For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYRIGHT Starting - reading configuration files ... including dictionary file /usr/share/freeradius/dictionary including dictionary file /usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.dhcp including dictionary file /usr/share/freeradius/dictionary.vqp including dictionary file /etc/raddb/dictionary including configuration file /etc/raddb/radiusd.conf including configuration file /etc/raddb/proxy.conf including configuration file /etc/raddb/clients.conf including files in directory /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/ including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/exec including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/eap including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/realm including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/expr including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/dynamic_clients including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/chap including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/dhcp including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/soh including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/mschap including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/pap including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/attr_filter including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/unpack including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/detail.log including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/files including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/radutmp including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/replicate including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/authorized_macs including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/linelog including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/digest including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/unix including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/logintime including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/ntlm_auth including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/utf8 including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/cache_eap including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/preprocess including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/passwd including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/detail including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/always including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/sradutmp including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/echo including configuration file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/expiration including files in directory /etc/raddb/policy.d/ including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/cui including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/filter including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/eap including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/dhcp including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/canonicalization including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/operator-name including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/debug including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/accounting including configuration file /etc/raddb/policy.d/control including files in directory /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/ including configuration file /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/inner-tunnel including configuration file /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/authorized_macs including configuration file /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default main { security { user = "radiusd" group = "radiusd" allow_core_dumps = no } } main { name = "radiusd" prefix = "/usr" localstatedir = "/var" sbindir = "/usr/sbin" logdir = "/var/log/radius" run_dir = "/var/run/radiusd" libdir = "/usr/lib/freeradius" radacctdir = "/var/log/radius/radacct" hostname_lookups = no max_request_time = 30 cleanup_delay = 5 max_requests = 1024 pidfile = "/var/run/radiusd/radiusd.pid" checkrad = "/usr/sbin/checkrad" debug_level = 0 proxy_requests = yes log { stripped_names = no auth = no auth_badpass = no auth_goodpass = no colourise = yes msg_denied = "You are already logged in - access denied" } security { max_attributes = 200 reject_delay = 1 status_server = yes } } 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 = <<< secret >>> response_window = 20.000000 response_timeouts = 1 max_outstanding = 65536 zombie_period = 40 status_check = "status-server" ping_interval = 30 check_interval = 30 check_timeout = 4 num_answers_to_alive = 3 revive_interval = 120 coa { irt = 2 mrt = 16 mrc = 5 mrd = 30 } limit { max_connections = 16 max_requests = 0 lifetime = 0 idle_timeout = 0 } } home_server_pool my_auth_failover { type = fail-over home_server = localhost } realm example.com { auth_pool = my_auth_failover } realm LOCAL { } radiusd: #### Loading Clients #### client localhost { ipaddr = 127.0.0.1 require_message_authenticator = no secret = <<< secret >>> nas_type = "other" proto = "*" limit { max_connections = 16 lifetime = 0 idle_timeout = 30 } } client localhost_ipv6 { ipv6addr = ::1 require_message_authenticator = no secret = <<< secret >>> limit { max_connections = 16 lifetime = 0 idle_timeout = 30 } } client WR44v2 { ipaddr = 192.168.51.1 require_message_authenticator = no secret = <<< secret >>> limit { max_connections = 16 lifetime = 0 idle_timeout = 30 } } radiusd: #### Instantiating modules #### instantiate { } modules { # Loaded module rlm_exec # Instantiating module "exec" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/exec exec { wait = no input_pairs = "request" shell_escape = yes timeout = 10 } # Loaded module rlm_eap # Instantiating module "eap" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/eap eap { default_eap_type = "md5" timer_expire = 60 ignore_unknown_eap_types = no mod_accounting_username_bug = no max_sessions = 1024 } # Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_md5 # Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_leap # Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_gtc gtc { challenge = "Password: " auth_type = "PAP" } # Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_tls tls { tls = "tls-common" } tls-config tls-common { rsa_key_exchange = no dh_key_exchange = yes rsa_key_length = 512 dh_key_length = 512 verify_depth = 0 ca_path = "/etc/raddb/certs" pem_file_type = yes private_key_file = "/etc/raddb/certs/server.pem" certificate_file = "/etc/raddb/certs/server.pem" ca_file = "/etc/raddb/certs/ca.pem" private_key_password = <<< secret >>> dh_file = "/etc/raddb/certs/dh" fragment_size = 1024 include_length = yes check_crl = no cipher_list = "DEFAULT" ecdh_curve = "prime256v1" cache { enable = yes lifetime = 24 max_entries = 255 } verify { } ocsp { enable = no override_cert_url = yes url = "http://127.0.0.1/ocsp/" use_nonce = yes timeout = 0 softfail = yes } } # Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_ttls ttls { tls = "tls-common" default_eap_type = "md5" copy_request_to_tunnel = no use_tunneled_reply = no virtual_server = "inner-tunnel" include_length = yes require_client_cert = no } Using cached TLS configuration from previous invocation # Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_peap peap { tls = "tls-common" default_method = "mschapv2" copy_request_to_tunnel = no use_tunneled_reply = no proxy_tunneled_request_as_eap = yes virtual_server = "inner-tunnel" soh = no require_client_cert = no } Using cached TLS configuration from previous invocation # Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_mschapv2 mschapv2 { with_ntdomain_hack = no send_error = no } # Loaded module rlm_realm # Instantiating module "IPASS" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/realm realm IPASS { format = "prefix" delimiter = "/" ignore_default = no ignore_null = no } # Instantiating module "suffix" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/realm realm suffix { format = "suffix" delimiter = "@" ignore_default = no ignore_null = no } # Instantiating module "realmpercent" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/realm realm realmpercent { format = "suffix" delimiter = "%" ignore_default = no ignore_null = no } # Instantiating module "ntdomain" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/realm realm ntdomain { format = "prefix" delimiter = "\" ignore_default = no ignore_null = no } # Loaded module rlm_expr # Instantiating module "expr" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/expr expr { safe_characters = "@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789.-_: /" } # Loaded module rlm_dynamic_clients # Instantiating module "dynamic_clients" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/dynamic_clients # Loaded module rlm_chap # Instantiating module "chap" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/chap # Loaded module rlm_dhcp # Instantiating module "dhcp" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/dhcp # Loaded module rlm_soh # Instantiating module "soh" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/soh soh { dhcp = yes } # Loaded module rlm_mschap # Instantiating module "mschap" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/mschap mschap { use_mppe = yes require_encryption = no require_strong = no with_ntdomain_hack = yes passchange { } allow_retry = yes } # Loaded module rlm_pap # Instantiating module "pap" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/pap pap { normalise = yes } # Loaded module rlm_attr_filter # Instantiating module "attr_filter.post-proxy" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/attr_filter attr_filter attr_filter.post-proxy { filename = "/etc/raddb/mods-config/attr_filter/post-proxy" key = "%{Realm}" relaxed = no } reading pairlist file /etc/raddb/mods-config/attr_filter/post-proxy # Instantiating module "attr_filter.pre-proxy" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/attr_filter attr_filter attr_filter.pre-proxy { filename = "/etc/raddb/mods-config/attr_filter/pre-proxy" key = "%{Realm}" relaxed = no } reading pairlist file /etc/raddb/mods-config/attr_filter/pre-proxy # Instantiating module "attr_filter.access_reject" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/attr_filter attr_filter attr_filter.access_reject { filename = "/etc/raddb/mods-config/attr_filter/access_reject" key = "%{User-Name}" relaxed = no } reading pairlist file /etc/raddb/mods-config/attr_filter/access_reject # Instantiating module "attr_filter.access_challenge" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/attr_filter attr_filter attr_filter.access_challenge { filename = "/etc/raddb/mods-config/attr_filter/access_challenge" key = "%{User-Name}" relaxed = no } reading pairlist file /etc/raddb/mods-config/attr_filter/access_challenge # Instantiating module "attr_filter.accounting_response" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/attr_filter attr_filter attr_filter.accounting_response { filename = "/etc/raddb/mods-config/attr_filter/accounting_response" key = "%{User-Name}" relaxed = no } reading pairlist file /etc/raddb/mods-config/attr_filter/accounting_response # Loaded module rlm_unpack # Instantiating module "unpack" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/unpack # Loaded module rlm_detail # Instantiating module "auth_log" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/detail.log detail auth_log { filename = "/var/log/radius/radacct/%{%{Packet-Src-IP-Address}:-%{Packet-Src-IPv6-Address}}/auth-detail-%Y%m%d" header = "%t" permissions = 384 locking = no log_packet_header = no } rlm_detail (auth_log): 'User-Password' suppressed, will not appear in detail output # Instantiating module "reply_log" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/detail.log detail reply_log { filename = "/var/log/radius/radacct/%{%{Packet-Src-IP-Address}:-%{Packet-Src-IPv6-Address}}/reply-detail-%Y%m%d" header = "%t" permissions = 384 locking = no log_packet_header = no } # Instantiating module "pre_proxy_log" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/detail.log detail pre_proxy_log { filename = "/var/log/radius/radacct/%{%{Packet-Src-IP-Address}:-%{Packet-Src-IPv6-Address}}/pre-proxy-detail-%Y%m%d" header = "%t" permissions = 384 locking = no log_packet_header = no } # Instantiating module "post_proxy_log" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/detail.log detail post_proxy_log { filename = "/var/log/radius/radacct/%{%{Packet-Src-IP-Address}:-%{Packet-Src-IPv6-Address}}/post-proxy-detail-%Y%m%d" header = "%t" permissions = 384 locking = no log_packet_header = no } # Loaded module rlm_files # Instantiating module "files" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/files files { filename = "/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize" usersfile = "/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize" acctusersfile = "/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/accounting" preproxy_usersfile = "/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/pre-proxy" compat = "cistron" } reading pairlist file /etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize [/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize]:87 Cistron compatibility checks for entry DEFAULT ... Changing 'Calling-Station-Id =' to 'Calling-Station-Id ==' [/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize]:88 Cistron compatibility checks for entry DEFAULT ... Changing 'Calling-Station-Id =' to 'Calling-Station-Id ==' [/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize]:91 Cistron compatibility checks for entry 5c0a5b1f449a ... [/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize]:92 Cistron compatibility checks for entry 5c-0a-5b-1f-44-9a ... [/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize]:94 Cistron compatibility checks for entry ben ... [/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize]:188 Cistron compatibility checks for entry DEFAULT ... [/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize]:195 Cistron compatibility checks for entry DEFAULT ... [/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize]:202 Cistron compatibility checks for entry DEFAULT ... reading pairlist file /etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize [/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize]:87 Cistron compatibility checks for entry DEFAULT ... Changing 'Calling-Station-Id =' to 'Calling-Station-Id ==' [/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize]:88 Cistron compatibility checks for entry DEFAULT ... Changing 'Calling-Station-Id =' to 'Calling-Station-Id ==' [/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize]:91 Cistron compatibility checks for entry 5c0a5b1f449a ... [/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize]:92 Cistron compatibility checks for entry 5c-0a-5b-1f-44-9a ... [/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize]:94 Cistron compatibility checks for entry ben ... [/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize]:188 Cistron compatibility checks for entry DEFAULT ... [/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize]:195 Cistron compatibility checks for entry DEFAULT ... [/etc/raddb/mods-config/files/authorize]:202 Cistron compatibility checks for entry DEFAULT ... reading pairlist file /etc/raddb/mods-config/files/accounting reading pairlist file /etc/raddb/mods-config/files/pre-proxy # Loaded module rlm_radutmp # Instantiating module "radutmp" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/radutmp radutmp { filename = "/var/log/radius/radutmp" username = "%{User-Name}" case_sensitive = yes check_with_nas = yes permissions = 384 caller_id = yes } # Loaded module rlm_replicate # Instantiating module "replicate" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/replicate # Loaded module rlm_linelog # Instantiating module "linelog" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/linelog linelog { filename = "/var/log/radius/linelog" permissions = 384 format = "This is a log message for %{User-Name}" reference = "messages.%{%{Packet-Type}:-default}" } # Instantiating module "log_accounting" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/linelog linelog log_accounting { filename = "/var/log/radius/linelog-accounting" permissions = 384 format = "" reference = "Accounting-Request.%{%{Acct-Status-Type}:-unknown}" } # Loaded module rlm_digest # Instantiating module "digest" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/digest # Loaded module rlm_unix # Instantiating module "unix" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/unix unix { radwtmp = "/var/log/radius/radwtmp" } # Loaded module rlm_logintime # Instantiating module "logintime" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/logintime logintime { minimum_timeout = 60 } # Instantiating module "ntlm_auth" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/ntlm_auth exec ntlm_auth { wait = yes program = "/path/to/ntlm_auth --request-nt-key --domain=MYDOMAIN --username=%{mschap:User-Name} --password=%{User-Password}" shell_escape = yes } # Loaded module rlm_utf8 # Instantiating module "utf8" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/utf8 # Loaded module rlm_cache # Instantiating module "cache_eap" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/cache_eap cache cache_eap { key = "%{%{control:State}:-%{%{reply:State}:-%{State}}}" ttl = 15 max_entries = 16384 epoch = 0 add_stats = no } # Loaded module rlm_preprocess # Instantiating module "preprocess" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/preprocess preprocess { huntgroups = "/etc/raddb/mods-config/preprocess/huntgroups" hints = "/etc/raddb/mods-config/preprocess/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 } reading pairlist file /etc/raddb/mods-config/preprocess/huntgroups reading pairlist file /etc/raddb/mods-config/preprocess/hints # Loaded module rlm_passwd # Instantiating module "etc_passwd" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/passwd passwd etc_passwd { filename = "/etc/passwd" format = "*User-Name:Crypt-Password:" delimiter = ":" ignore_nislike = no ignore_empty = yes allow_multiple_keys = no hash_size = 100 } rlm_passwd: nfields: 3 keyfield 0(User-Name) listable: no # Instantiating module "detail" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/detail detail { filename = "/var/log/radius/radacct/%{%{Packet-Src-IP-Address}:-%{Packet-Src-IPv6-Address}}/detail-%Y%m%d" header = "%t" permissions = 384 locking = no log_packet_header = no } # Loaded module rlm_always # Instantiating module "reject" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/always always reject { rcode = "reject" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Instantiating module "fail" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/always always fail { rcode = "fail" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Instantiating module "ok" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/always always ok { rcode = "ok" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Instantiating module "handled" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/always always handled { rcode = "handled" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Instantiating module "invalid" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/always always invalid { rcode = "invalid" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Instantiating module "userlock" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/always always userlock { rcode = "userlock" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Instantiating module "notfound" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/always always notfound { rcode = "notfound" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Instantiating module "noop" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/always always noop { rcode = "noop" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Instantiating module "updated" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/always always updated { rcode = "updated" simulcount = 0 mpp = no } # Instantiating module "sradutmp" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/sradutmp radutmp sradutmp { filename = "/var/log/radius/sradutmp" username = "%{User-Name}" case_sensitive = yes check_with_nas = yes permissions = 420 caller_id = no } # Instantiating module "echo" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/echo exec echo { wait = yes program = "/bin/echo %{User-Name}" input_pairs = "request" output_pairs = "reply" shell_escape = yes } # Loaded module rlm_expiration # Instantiating module "expiration" from file /etc/raddb/mods-enabled/expiration } # modules radiusd: #### Loading Virtual Servers #### server { # from file /etc/raddb/radiusd.conf } # server server inner-tunnel { # from file /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/inner-tunnel # Loading authenticate {...} # Loading authorize {...} Ignoring "sql" (see raddb/mods-available/README.rst) Ignoring "ldap" (see raddb/mods-available/README.rst) # Loading session {...} # Loading post-proxy {...} # Loading post-auth {...} } # server inner-tunnel server default { # from file /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default # Creating Auth-Type = digest # Loading authenticate {...} # Loading authorize {...} /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default[261]: Failed to find "authorized_macs" in the "modules" section. /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default[254]: Errors parsing authorize section. [root@fedora raddb]#