Simultaneous login Issue on Freeradius

[tnt at kalik.net]

>If I Do like this in the /etc/raddb/users file
>
>DEFAULT Auth-Type := LDAP, Simultaneous-Use := 1
>               Fall-Through = 1
>
>Will this restrict the simultaneous login..
>

Remove the Auth-Type. It should.

>
>I am trying to configure the FreeRadius Server on My Linux machine and test
>it with pam_radius having the /etc/raddb/server file pointing to the
>localhost. It is not able to authenticate and showing
>Auth: login incorrect (rlm_ldap: Bind as user failed): [root/r1.\341\362...]
>(from client localhost port 2616)
>

That's because your shred secret is wrong.

>But when I try to test the radius server using the command
>
>radtest root root localhost 2 secret
>
>it gives  -- rad_recv: Access-Access packet from host 127.0.0.1:1812,
>id=120, length=20
>
That's when shares secret is correct.

>
>I feel the password it provide as r1.\341\362... like this, may be in some
>encrypted form which not authenticated by the server, while with radtest the
>password root given as clear text.
>
No, it's because shared secret on the server and the client is not the
same. It must be mentioned in the debug.

Ivan Kalik
Kalik Informatika ISP