Problems System Auth with FreeRadius (/etc/shadow)

[Nataniel Klug]

Min,

I have instaled FreeRadius from a RPM. I amd running FreeRadius as user
radiusd and group root.

Att,

Nataniel Klug

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Min Qiu" <mqiu at globalinternetworking.com>
To: "FreeRadius users mailing list" <freeradius-users at lists.freeradius.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 7:16 PM
Subject: RE: Problems System Auth with FreeRadius (/etc/shadow)


> You may read the doc wrong.  The group you should look for is
> "radiusd".  When you create user "radiusd", the group "radiusd"
> should also be created if you use adduser command to do the job.
> You don't what user "radiusd" belong to group "root".  Do
> "chgrp radiusd /etc/shadow".
>
> Min
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > freeradius-users-bounces+mqiu=globalinternetworking.com at lists.
> > freeradius.org
> > [mailto:freeradius-users-bounces+mqiu=globalinternetworking.co
> > m at lists.freeradius.org] On Behalf Of Nataniel Klug
> > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:57 PM
> > To: FreeRadius users mailing list
> > Subject: Re: Problems System Auth with FreeRadius (/etc/shadow)
> >
> >
> > Alan,
> >
> > Now you have gived me a tip... At my Fedora there is no group
> > shadow, so I
> > put radius to run as group "root" so it could read
> > /etc/shadow only if I set
> > +r to group at shadow files.
> >
> > Att,
> >
> > Nataniel Klug
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Alan DeKok" <aland at ox.org>
> > To: "FreeRadius users mailing list"
> > <freeradius-users at lists.freeradius.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:37 PM
> > Subject: Re: Problems System Auth with FreeRadius (/etc/shadow)
> >
> >
> > > "Nataniel Klug" <nata at cnett.psi.br> wrote:
> > > > I just have installed the package from Fedora Core 3,
> > nothing else.
> > >
> > >   Then look at the configuration file.  See how it's different from
> > > what is shipped with FreeRADIUS.
> > >
> > >   And setting "a+rw" on /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow is probaby the
> > > single worst thing you can do to your system.  EVER.  Rather than
> > > doing that, read raddb/radiusd.conf, it talks about issues with
> > > reading /etc/shadow, and describes suggested fixes won't
> > destroy your
> > > system.
> > >
> > >   Honestly, I don't understand why it's so hard to read the
> > > configuration files.
> > >
> > >   Alan DeKok.
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