FreeRadius/PEAP

Josh Howlett josh.howlett at bristol.ac.uk
Thu Oct 13 23:25:27 CEST 2005


James,

MSChapv2 needs plaintext or NTLM credentials. You won't be able to do 
what you're trying. It works with users file because you specify the 
plaintext.

josh.

James Taylor wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I am trying to secure my wireless connections using PEAP-TLS MSChapv2 to 
> authenticate users against my Linux /etc/shadow; /etc/password/; and 
> /etc/group files.  I would like to use PAM but UNIX will work too.  I do 
> not want to use the USERS file as it stores passwords in clear text and 
> that is what we are trying to avoid. 
> 
>  
> 
> All my tests conclude that this functionality will not work.  I am able 
> to Auth just fine using the USERS file with a username and password.
> 
>  
> 
> Any info or direction would be greatly appreciated.
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you
> 
>  
> 
> James
> 
> 
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