Setting up pam_radius_auth

[Mike J]

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 1:22 AM, Alan DeKok <aland at deployingradius.com>wrote:

> Mike J wrote:
> > It is a PPC module. However, since I was having problems with it I
> > decided to install the PAM module for my x86 workstation (from the
> > Ubuntu Hardy repository).  I'm getting the same results. The
> > client/server talk to each other but the password doesn't seem to be
> > decrypted when the auth request gets to the server.
>
>   Then the shared secret is wrong.  The debug log shows this.
>
>  Go fix the shared secret.
>

I've already checked the shared secret. Even though the log message says the
shared secret is probably wrong, it isn't.
I've fixed the x86 module (was using a wrong client config file). So I have
x86 working but don't have the ppc module working.


> > I've also double checked how I was building the PPC PAM module. I'm
> > using the provided makefile and setting up the compiler and linker to
> > use the proper ppc build tools. Any ideas of where I could be going
> > wrong when compiling it?
>
>   Endian issues.  It's buried in the source...
>

Is this likely the cause of my issue?


> > By the way, this is the entry in the top of my "users" file on my RADIUS
> > server:
> > testing Cleartext-Password := password
> >
> > Is the "Cleartext-Password" option okay with for authenticating PAM
> clients?
>
>   Yes.  The RADIUS server looks at the contents of the packet, *not* the
> source code of the client.
>
Thanks for clarifying that.
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