On 09/10/2012 11:47 PM, Jennifer Mehl wrote:

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Here is the output of freeradius -X showing part of the file being read but then ignored?:

It doesn't look to me like it's ignoring it, which in any event the server doesn't do. It looks like it's just a different file. It's not just the hostname that is different. For example:

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Module: Instantiating module "ucsbnetid" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/ldap server = "localhost" filter = "(uid=%u)" base_filter = "(objectclass=radiusprofile)"

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Here is my /etc/freeradius/modules/ldap file (password obfuscated):

server = "directory.ucsb.edu" filter = "(uid=%{%{Stripped-User-Name}:-%{User-Name}})" base_filter = "(objectclass=ucsbperson)" #base_filter = "(objectclass=radiusprofile)"

...amongst (many) others.

You *can't* be editing the same file. Do you have chroot or jails or similar in use, and if so are you editing the file inside the chroot/jail or outside? Are you sure you're not leaving backup "file~" from editors in the directory?

Aha, good advice that got me on the right track. Copy/paste foils again: deca:/etc/freeradius/modules# file ldap ldap: UTF-8 Unicode English text I created a new file as ASCII English text and typed everything in manually, and it is now reading my file properly. Now, on to the next part of the troubleshooting process. :-) thank you, Jennifer ================================== Jennifer L. Mehl Director of Information Technology Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry 2618 PSBN University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9510 mailto: mehl@chem.ucsb.edu 805-893-4392 (office) 805-451-7486 (cell) ==================================