Previous post sent before I was done, here is the full post: I am having trouble getting my radius setup to authenticate to windows 2003 active directory. when using the following string "radtest administrator "password" localhost 2 radiussecret rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 127.0.0.1:32775, id=240, length=65 User-Name = "administrator" User-Password = "password" NAS-IP-Address = 255.255.255.255 NAS-Port = 2 Processing the authorize section of radiusd.conf modcall: entering group authorize for request 0 modcall[authorize]: module "preprocess" returns ok for request 0 modcall[authorize]: module "chap" returns noop for request 0 modcall[authorize]: module "mschap" returns noop for request 0 rlm_realm: No '@' in User-Name = "administrator", looking up realm NULL rlm_realm: No such realm "NULL" modcall[authorize]: module "suffix" returns noop for request 0 rlm_eap: No EAP-Message, not doing EAP modcall[authorize]: module "eap" returns noop for request 0 users: Matched entry DEFAULT at line 152 modcall[authorize]: module "files" returns ok for request 0 rlm_ldap: - authorize rlm_ldap: performing user authorization for administrator radius_xlat: '(sAMAccountName=administrator)' radius_xlat: 'dc=company,dc=org' rlm_ldap: ldap_get_conn: Checking Id: 0 rlm_ldap: ldap_get_conn: Got Id: 0 rlm_ldap: attempting LDAP reconnection rlm_ldap: (re)connect to gtds-domcon.gtdsolutions.org:389, authentication 0 rlm_ldap: bind as cn=administrator,cn=Users,dc=company,dc=org/password to domcon.company.org:389 rlm_ldap: waiting for bind result ... rlm_ldap: Bind was successful rlm_ldap: performing search in dc=company,dc=org, with filter (sAMAccountName=administrator) rlm_ldap: looking for check items in directory... rlm_ldap: looking for reply items in directory... rlm_ldap: user administrator authorized to use remote access rlm_ldap: ldap_release_conn: Release Id: 0 modcall[authorize]: module "ldap" returns ok for request 0 modcall: group authorize returns ok for request 0 rad_check_password: Found Auth-Type System auth: type "System" Processing the authenticate section of radiusd.conf modcall: entering group authenticate for request 0 modcall[authenticate]: module "unix" returns notfound for request 0 modcall: group authenticate returns notfound for request 0 auth: Failed to validate the user. Delaying request 0 for 1 seconds Finished request 0 radiusd.conf - I didn't find a system or System auth type, did I miss something? <module configureation section> ldap { server = "domcon.company.org" basedn = "dc=company,dc=org" filter = "(sAMAccountName=%u)" password_attribute = "userPassword" identity = "cn=administrator,cn=Users,dc=company,dc=org" password = password <authorize section> ldap # this is enabled <authenticate sectoin> Auth-Type LDAP { ldap }