EAP-TTLS-PAP using LDAP for authorization and PAM for authentication

Erik Karlsson pilo at ayeon.org
Sun Sep 28 18:48:58 CEST 2008


Alan DeKok wrote:
>   Why not also get the passwords from ldap?  Why use PAM at all?
>   
Because LDAP isn't a very good solution for handling passwords, IMO. I 
prefer Kerberos in its simplicity.
>   If you want to use PAM, you have to force it via Auth-Type.
>   
Thank you, the problem for me is that I don't know where to squeeze it 
in. :)
>   Because TTLS involves *two* authentication sessions.  An outer one for
> EAP-TTLS, and an inner "tunneled" session where the real user-name &&
> password is sent.
>   
I am starting to understand that now.
>   Follow my web site (deployingradius.com) to get EAP-TTLS working.
> Once that's working, add LDAP authorization.  Then, add PAM to the
> *inner* tunnel section.
>   
I will.

Thank you!



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