I am still having an issue autheniticating a user with EAP. I think Alan, has pointed out the issue in his previous reply, about LDAP not retrieving the User-Password from Active Directory. My understanding (as little as it may be) of the ldap section of the radiusd.conf file is the password_attribute is responsible for retrieving the password. Below is the ldap config section of radiusd.conf. ldap { server = "mem-dc.mem-ins.com" basedn = "ou=mem users,dc=mem-ins,dc=com" filter = "(sAMAccountName=%{Stripped-User-Name:-%{User-Name}})" identity = "cn=administrator,ou=admin,ou=mem users,dc=mem-ins,dc=com" password = {Secret} start_tls = no dictionary_mapping = ${raddbdir}/ldap.attrmap ldap_connections_number = 5 password_attribute = userPassword groupname_attribute = cn groupmembership_filter = "(|(&(objectClass=GroupOfNames)(memberof=%{Ldap-UserDn}))(&(objectClass=Group)(member=%{Ldap-UserDn})))" groupmembership_attribute = radiusGroupName timeout = 4 timelimit = 3 net_timeout = 1 access_attr_used_for_allow = yes } but the output shows: rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 172.16.5.71:1645, id=144, length=85 User-Name = "rgraham" Service-Type = Framed-User Framed-MTU = 1500 NAS-IP-Address = 172.16.5.71 NAS-Port = 24 EAP-Message = 0x0200000c017267726168616d Message-Authenticator = 0xc96d75a58b5af7b632fc0f3cc91876c8 rad_lowerpair: User-Name now 'rgraham' Processing the authorize section of radiusd.conf modcall: entering group authorize for request 0 modcall[authorize]: module "preprocess" returns ok for request 0 radius_xlat: '/var/log/radius/radacct/172.16.5.71/auth-detail-20050630' rlm_detail: /var/log/radius/radacct/%{Client-IP-Address}/auth-detail-%Y%m%d expands to /var/log/radius/radacct/172.16.5.71/auth-detail-20050630 modcall[authorize]: module "auth_log" returns ok for request 0 modcall[authorize]: module "attr_filter" returns noop for request 0 rlm_ldap: - authorize rlm_ldap: performing user authorization for rgraham radius_xlat: '(sAMAccountName=rgraham)' radius_xlat: 'ou=mem users,dc=mem-ins,dc=com' 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 mem-dc.mem-ins.com:389, authentication 0 rlm_ldap: bind as cn=administrator,ou=admin,ou=mem users,dc=mem-ins,dc=com/{secret} to mem-dc.mem-ins.com:389 rlm_ldap: waiting for bind result ... rlm_ldap: Bind was successful rlm_ldap: performing search in ou=mem users,dc=mem-ins,dc=com, with filter (sAMAccountName=rgraham) rlm_ldap: looking for check items in directory... rlm_ldap: looking for reply items in directory... rlm_ldap: user rgraham authorized to use remote access rlm_ldap: ldap_release_conn: Release Id: 0 modcall[authorize]: module "ldap" 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 = "rgraham", looking up realm NULL rlm_realm: No such realm "NULL" modcall[authorize]: module "suffix" returns noop for request 0 rlm_eap: EAP packet type response id 0 length 12 rlm_eap: No EAP Start, assuming it's an on-going EAP conversation modcall[authorize]: module "eap" returns updated for request 0 rlm_ldap: Entering ldap_groupcmp() radius_xlat: 'ou=mem users,dc=mem-ins,dc=com' radius_xlat: '(|(&(objectClass=GroupOfNames)(memberof=CN=Rgraham,OU=Columbia,OU=MEM Users,DC=mem-ins,DC=com))(&(objectClass=Group)(member=CN=Rgraham,OU=Columbia,OU=MEM Users,DC=mem-ins,DC=com)))' rlm_ldap: ldap_get_conn: Checking Id: 0 rlm_ldap: ldap_get_conn: Got Id: 0 rlm_ldap: performing search in cn=domain users,ou=groups,ou=mem users,dc=mem-ins,dc=com, with filter (|(&(objectClass=GroupOfNames)(memberof=CN=Rgraham,OU=Columbia,OU=MEM Users,DC=mem-ins,DC=com))(&(objectClass=Group)(member=CN=Rgraham,OU=Columbia,OU=MEM Users,DC=mem-ins,DC=com))) rlm_ldap::ldap_groupcmp: User found in group cn=domain users,ou=groups,ou=mem users,dc=mem-ins,dc=com rlm_ldap: ldap_release_conn: Release Id: 0 users: Matched DEFAULT at 189 modcall[authorize]: module "files" returns ok for request 0 modcall: group authorize returns updated for request 0 rad_check_password: Found Auth-Type EAP auth: type "EAP" Processing the authenticate section of radiusd.conf modcall: entering group authenticate for request 0 rlm_eap: EAP Identity rlm_eap: processing type md5 rlm_eap_md5: Issuing Challenge modcall[authenticate]: module "eap" returns handled for request 0 modcall: group authenticate returns handled for request 0 Sending Access-Challenge of id 144 to 172.16.5.71:1645 Service-Type = Framed-User Framed-Protocol = PPP EAP-Message = 0x0101001604102a7c39455a6ffe060c3a06f4b9677974 Message-Authenticator = 0x00000000000000000000000000000000 State = 0xcb7b91555ab2be2ca5f6ebc82b06f0ec Finished request 0 Going to the next request --- Walking the entire request list --- Waking up in 6 seconds... rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 172.16.5.71:1645, id=145, length=120 User-Name = "rgraham" Service-Type = Framed-User Framed-MTU = 1500 NAS-IP-Address = 172.16.5.71 NAS-Port = 24 State = 0xcb7b91555ab2be2ca5f6ebc82b06f0ec EAP-Message = 0x0201001d0410db525b9aa0119fbbda00f3b61861beaf7267726168616d Message-Authenticator = 0x0751751a6adfd81ae56487289f42da9e rad_lowerpair: User-Name now 'rgraham' Processing the authorize section of radiusd.conf modcall: entering group authorize for request 1 modcall[authorize]: module "preprocess" returns ok for request 1 radius_xlat: '/var/log/radius/radacct/172.16.5.71/auth-detail-20050630' rlm_detail: /var/log/radius/radacct/%{Client-IP-Address}/auth-detail-%Y%m%d expands to /var/log/radius/radacct/172.16.5.71/auth-detail-20050630 modcall[authorize]: module "auth_log" returns ok for request 1 modcall[authorize]: module "attr_filter" returns noop for request 1 rlm_ldap: - authorize rlm_ldap: performing user authorization for rgraham radius_xlat: '(sAMAccountName=rgraham)' radius_xlat: 'ou=mem users,dc=mem-ins,dc=com' rlm_ldap: ldap_get_conn: Checking Id: 0 rlm_ldap: ldap_get_conn: Got Id: 0 rlm_ldap: performing search in ou=mem users,dc=mem-ins,dc=com, with filter (sAMAccountName=rgraham) rlm_ldap: looking for check items in directory... rlm_ldap: looking for reply items in directory... rlm_ldap: user rgraham authorized to use remote access rlm_ldap: ldap_release_conn: Release Id: 0 modcall[authorize]: module "ldap" returns ok for request 1 modcall[authorize]: module "chap" returns noop for request 1 modcall[authorize]: module "mschap" returns noop for request 1 rlm_realm: No '@' in User-Name = "rgraham", looking up realm NULL rlm_realm: No such realm "NULL" modcall[authorize]: module "suffix" returns noop for request 1 rlm_eap: EAP packet type response id 1 length 29 rlm_eap: No EAP Start, assuming it's an on-going EAP conversation modcall[authorize]: module "eap" returns updated for request 1 rlm_ldap: Entering ldap_groupcmp() radius_xlat: 'ou=mem users,dc=mem-ins,dc=com' radius_xlat: '(|(&(objectClass=GroupOfNames)(memberof=CN=Rgraham,OU=Columbia,OU=MEM Users,DC=mem-ins,DC=com))(&(objectClass=Group)(member=CN=Rgraham,OU=Columbia,OU=MEM Users,DC=mem-ins,DC=com)))' rlm_ldap: ldap_get_conn: Checking Id: 0 rlm_ldap: ldap_get_conn: Got Id: 0 rlm_ldap: performing search in cn=domain users,ou=groups,ou=mem users,dc=mem-ins,dc=com, with filter (|(&(objectClass=GroupOfNames)(memberof=CN=Rgraham,OU=Columbia,OU=MEM Users,DC=mem-ins,DC=com))(&(objectClass=Group)(member=CN=Rgraham,OU=Columbia,OU=MEM Users,DC=mem-ins,DC=com))) rlm_ldap::ldap_groupcmp: User found in group cn=domain users,ou=groups,ou=mem users,dc=mem-ins,dc=com rlm_ldap: ldap_release_conn: Release Id: 0 users: Matched DEFAULT at 189 modcall[authorize]: module "files" returns ok for request 1 modcall: group authorize returns updated for request 1 rad_check_password: Found Auth-Type EAP auth: type "EAP" Processing the authenticate section of radiusd.conf modcall: entering group authenticate for request 1 rlm_eap: Request found, released from the list rlm_eap: EAP/md5 rlm_eap: processing type md5 rlm_eap_md5: User-Password is required for EAP-MD5 authentication rlm_eap: Handler failed in EAP/md5 rlm_eap: Failed in EAP select modcall[authenticate]: module "eap" returns invalid for request 1 modcall: group authenticate returns invalid for request 1 auth: Failed to validate the user. shouldn't the section: rlm_ldap: looking for check items in directory... rlm_ldap: looking for reply items in directory... rlm_ldap: user rgraham authorized to use remote access have something that reflects userpassword retrieved (rlm_ldap: UserPassword retrieved, or sometjing like that)? Thanks Robert Graham