howto get/send the fullname of an user

[James Wakefield]

Ariel VIVES wrote:
> James Wakefield wrote:
>> Ariel VIVES wrote:
>>> Hello the list,
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm starting with freeradius.
>>> Authentication works fine !
>>>
>>> But the informations I get is only the username (le login name in
>>> /etc/passwd).
>>>
>>> How do I get the Fullname ? Or others informations (like mail, home
>>> directory, ...)
>>> Is it possible ?
>>> is it a configuration  of the server or a request from the client ?
>>>
>>> thanks for your help
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hi Ariel,
>>
>> Can you give us a bit more information about how you're using
>> freeradius?  From your description, it looks vaguely like you're using
>> pam_radius to authenticate logins against a freeradius server - is that it?
>>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> in fact, the authentication is done with the file /etc/shadow (NIS users
> but doesn't matter I think)
> 
> my requests are done with a web interface (php => php-radius) to
> authenticate users (and this works well).
> 
> 
> 
> Hope it's enough ...
> 

You're trying to use radius for something it's not really intended for. 
  You'd be better off querying that information from a real directory 
service, like LDAP, or NIS, if you want it quicker and nastier.

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James Wakefield,
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