User-Password, Cleartext-Password, Crypt-Password and others (2.0.0-pre1)

[Alan DeKok]

Pshem Kowalczyk wrote:
> I have a question regarding the usage of various flavours of passwords
> with PAP module.
> When I run the server in debugging mode it complains:
...
> (password (User-Password) is pulled out from the database using rlm_sql ).
> 
> If I change the attribute to Cleartext-Password PAP can't find the
> 'known good' and reject the user.

  Are you using "Cleartext-Password := ..."?

> Is that suppose to work with rlm_perl?

  Yes.

> I've noticed the same problems with CHAP module. Again - is that
> supposed to work with new password attributes naming convention or
> should I stick with 'User-Password' for now?

  It works in the default configuration with the FAQ entries suggesting
Cleartext-Password.

  If it doesn't work in your configuration, see "man rlm_pap".

  Alan DeKok.