repeat until success?

[Proft, Michael]

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> From: freeradius-users-bounces+proft=medizin.uni-
> leipzig.de at lists.freeradius.org [mailto:freeradius-users-
> bounces+proft=medizin.uni-leipzig.de at lists.freeradius.org] On Behalf
Of
> Alan DeKok
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 6:43 PM
> To: FreeRadius users mailing list
> Subject: Re: repeat until success?
> 
> "Proft, Michael" <Proft at medizin.uni-leipzig.de> wrote:
> > is it possible to configure freeradius to do something like "repeat
> > until success". Im trying to authenticate local users at the same
system
> > freeradius is running on and I proxy requests to another radius
server.
> > I want to do this _without_ using realms. So if asking for local
user
> > and no success I want to continue proxying requests to another
radius
> > server. Is this possible in some way?
> 
>   That sounds more like "look up in /etc/passwd, and if not found,
> proxy to X".  That should be easy.
> 
>   Configure the "passwd" module to read /etc/passwd.  Read
> "doc/configurable_failover" to see how to run the "files" module only
> if the "passwd" module returns "notfound".  Then in the "users" file,
do:

Hmm.... i cant get it to work :(  How would the configuration part for
passwd module look (linux) ? 
I read the configurable_failover but cant get this to work, or I just
don't understand.
Could you give some example Alan?

Thanks
 
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