Strange CHAP/PAP issue (Version 1.1.6)[sic!]

[Alan DeKok]

Wojciech Ziniewicz wrote:
> For the last few days I am trying to switch to CHAP authentication.
> I've made proper changes to radiusd.conf and pppoe-server to demand CHAP
> auth from users and here's what I get.
> 
> Here's what we've got in the database :
> 
> RADCHECK :
> 
> TEST  	Cleartext-password  	:=  	TEST987
> TEST 	Auth-Type 	:= 	CHAP
> TEST 	Password 	== 	TEST987

  Delete the last two entries.  They're wrong.


> b) And fragment from the radius debug mode :
> 
> rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 127.0.0.1:3458, id=144, length=88
...
>         User-Name = "TEST"
>         CHAP-Password = 0xdf6fe5d7a573bff814452731ef01f044df
...
>   rlm_chap: Using clear text password "TEST987" for user TEST authentication.
>   rlm_chap: Password check failed

  That should work.  If it doesn't, odds are that the PPP client is broken.

  Alan DeKok.