A little addition: I also tried to have the authenticate part done by the "files" module, putting in the user file: DEFAULT Auth-Type := LDAP but i still get: Processing the authorize section of radiusd.conf modcall: entering group authorize for request 0 modcall[authorize]: module "preprocess" returns ok for request 0 users: Matched entry DEFAULT at line 171 modcall[authorize]: module "files" returns ok for request 0 modcall: leaving group authorize (returns ok) for request 0 auth: No authenticate method (Auth-Type) configuration found for the request: Rejecting the user auth: Failed to validate the user. Delaying request 0 for 1 seconds Finished request 0