RADIUS packet did not have correct Message-Authenticator

Norbert Wegener nw at sbs.de
Fri Dec 16 20:59:27 CET 2005


Alan DeKok wrote:

>Norbert Wegener <nw at sbs.de> wrote:
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>>I do not see the usual eap messages flying around, but nevertheless 
>>radius sends an Access-Accept:
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>...
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>>modcall: leaving group authorize (returns updated) for request 0
>>  rad_check_password:  Found Auth-Type Accept
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>  Who sets that?  The server doesn't do that by default.
>
>  Some part of your configuration sets Auth-Type := Accept.  As a
>result, the EAP module is not run during the "authenticate" stage, and
>no EAP-Message (or Message-Authenticator) gets sent back in the
>Access-Accept.
>
>  I suggest walking through the debug log, looking at each module
>that's mentioned.  Run the LDAP queries by hand, to see if they return
>Auth-Type = Accept.  Look at the "users" file entries.
>
>  My guess is that the entry at line 25 of the "users" file has the Accept.
>
>  Alan DeKok.
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>
Thank you Alan,
although I have not yet found the culprit, it is calming to know the 
reason behind.  I have read this and that documentation about freeradius 
during the past time, but this one I think, did never cross my way. Is 
there a document, where this behaviour is described?
Norbert Wegener

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