Maintaining a (very) dynamic user list with freeradius

[Alan DeKok]

Jos Vos wrote:
> I agree that some of RH's decisions are arguable, but, in general, having
> the policy to release a stable version of a Linux distro every 2 years
> and maintain that for 7 years *without interface changes* (in principle)
> is a good thing and really needed in many production environments.

  Agreed.  But that is *Redhat's* problem, not ours.  *Redhat* should
provide support for 3-year-old versions of FreeRADIUS.

> Just to clarify my situation:
> In my case, we're talking about an installed base of RHEL4 systems in
> a mission-critical environment, using non-standard PC-hardware,
> installed at many remote locations throughout the country, so ideally
> this should stay working for 5+ years without reinstallation.

  And you're *not* willing to purchase support?  Wow...

> But your message is clear and I'll see if I can generate a more recent
> version of freeradius on RHEL4.

  Or, purchase support from someone for the version that you are willing
to run.

  Alan DeKok.