And the matching shared secret for the server and pam_radius_auth.conf

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Using 'ssh steve@localhost' password: testing

rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 127.0.0.1 port 26561, id=106, length=83 User-Name = "steve" User-Password = "\010\n\r\177INCORRECT" ****

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WARNING: Unprintable characters in the password. Double-check the shared secret on the server and the NAS!

Obviously, shared secrets don't match.

Ivan Kalik Kalik Informatika ISP

I don't that this the case, heres why, radiusd -X produces .. 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_interval = 30 check_interval = 30 num_answers_to_alive = 3 num_pings_to_alive = 3 revive_interval = 120 status_check_timeout = 4 } .. and here is my /etc/pam_radius_auth.conf (i've tried space / tab delimited ) # server[:port] shared_secret timeout (s) 127.0.0.1 testing123 2 localhost testing123 1 So they are identical from what i can see. Also keep in mind that radtest works using the secret; "testing123". Sorry if I'm missing the point. Thanks for your help so far. David Ly -Soma Networks