Simple Freeradius configuration

[Kelly Ormsby]

Hi,

I can't do that the Cisco won't allow it through. Is pap the only way to use
/etc/passwd?

Thanks,

On 8/16/07, Nicholas Hall <ngharo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 8/15/07, Kelly Ormsby <kelly7478 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've installed freeradius 1.1.6 on Fedora core 2 (kernel 2.6.5-1.358) (I
> > can't upgrade please don't go there). I did a basic configure/make/make
> > install.
> >
> > The only changes to the default configuration is adding an entry to the
> > clients.conf file to allow requests from the Cisco VPN gateway. So far
> > as I can tell CHAP and CHAPv2 should work straight out of the box (as per
> > this page
> > http://deployingradius.com/documents/configuration/auth_type.html).
> >
> > I've tried to authenticate using a local /etc/passwd user, and I get the
> > output posted below. Is the default configuration enough for it to consult
> > the /etc/passwd files (I thought that is what "DEFAULT Auth-Type = System"
> > did?) or is there something else I need to add. Can CHAP (or CHAPv2) use
> > /etc/passwd? I'm a little confused about the differences and I'm sure thats
> > not helping :)
> >
> > I'd really rather not list the users individually in the users file, I'd
> > like there to still only be one place to add users, so I'd like to use
> > /etc/passwd file only. I apologise if there is documentation listed on this,
> > I really feel that I've searched everywhere I can and no one seems to give
> > real details.
> >
>
> CHAP requires a clear text password.  Tell your client to use PAP.  I
> believe it will work without any configuration on the server.
>
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> Nicholas Hall
> ngharo at gmail.com
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Kelly Ormsby
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