Hello, What kind of magic tricks are needed to get Auth-Type = System to work? Running FreeRADIUS Version 1.0.4 on SuSE 10 with MD5 and shadow passwords, using the following 'users' file: DEFAULT Auth-Type = System Service-Type = Framed-User, Framed-Protocol = PPP, Port-Limit = 2, Framed-IP-Address = 255.255.255.254, Framed-MTU = 1500 Now, I restart radiusd and test it: # echo "User-Name = ###, User-Password = ###" | radclient -x localhost auth ### Sending Access-Request of id 151 to 127.0.0.1:1645 User-Name = "###" User-Password = "###" rad_recv: Access-Reject packet from host 127.0.0.1:1645, id=151, length=20 I get this in my radius log: Fri Apr 7 14:39:01 2006 : Auth: rlm_unix: [###]: invalid password Running radiusd in -X mode, I get this: rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 127.0.0.1:32926, id=131, length=46 User-Name = "###" User-Password = "###" 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 = "###", 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 5 modcall[authorize]: module "files" 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 rlm_unix: [###]: invalid password modcall[authenticate]: module "unix" returns reject for request 0 modcall: group authenticate returns reject for request 0 auth: Failed to validate the user. Been banging my head against the wall over this problem for almost two weeks now, and getting a bit desperate for a solution.... -Andreas.