How to return Reply-Message when user submitted wrong password

Patric patrict at bluebottle.com
Fri Nov 9 07:11:06 CET 2007


Lee Sing Chyun wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to reply with a intuitive Reply-Message (for e.g., 'Wrong 
> Password') when the user tries to authenticate with a wrong password?
> 
> My current configuration is using rlm_pap and rlm_sql for authorization 
> and authentication. FreeRADIUS version is 1.1.7.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> -- 
> Best Regards,
> SC

Be careful with this, do you REALLY want to tell a possible attacker 
what they are doing wrong? Also many clients will completely ignore the 
reply message anyway...

HTH
Patric

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