Auth-Type = System not working

[Andreas Lund]

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.