RADDB 2.1.7 and /etc/shadow

[sbchem]

Alan--thank you for posting your response and proving my point -- diff the
tone and content of your response to those of John, Josip and Alan B. -- as
the younger set sez, "chill dude"

No one is disparaging your work -- but maybe you need to divert some of your
considerable energy to working on your social skills

BTW *not* eduroam



Alan DeKok-2 wrote:
> 
> sbchem wrote:
>>>>  <shrug>  It's an error produces (sic) by the PAM subsystem.  Ask them
>> what it means.
>> 
>> <Sigh> It turns out the error is caused by a typo in the radiusd file
>> provided in /redhat/radiusd-pam, NOT by the pam subsystem.  In fact, the
>> pam
>> subsystem was merely reporting the error in the freeradius file.  The
>> message "module not found" was because the radiusd-pam file was pointing
>> to
>> password.so NOT passwd.so
> 
>   OK.. so the error *was* being produced by the PAM subsystem, as I
> said.  Investigating that subsystem found the problem, and the solution.
> 
>   And yes, the FreeRADIUS PAM file needs to be fixed.
> 
>>>> Blaming FreeRADIUS is the same as blaming Dell
> 
>   Selective editing does not help your cause.  The quote was:
> 
>>>  Blaming FreeRADIUS is the same as blaming Dell because the internet
>>> is slow.
> 
>   The comparison to Dell was because as the computer manufacturer, they
> get *enormous* numbers of complaints from inexperienced users, sating
> things like "facebook is slow!"
> 
>   Similarly, a large number of questions on this list are things like
> "how do I get the NAS to do X".  The answer is almost always "read the
> NAS documentation".  Some people end up being offended by this.  I have
> no idea why.
> 
>> Hmmm--rather defensive are we??? --Alan, no one is blaming anybody for
>> anything....it was a simple and honest question that was also posted a
>> few
>> years ago and remained unanswered -- until now, by me as above.
> 
>   My response was a simple and honest one; If subsystem X is producing
> an error message... you should really go investigate subsystem X.  The
> answers will usually be found there.
> 
>   Is that so offensive?
> 
>>  However I
>> do find it interesting that you compare the customer service you provided
>> on
>> this to that provided by Dell -- if the shoe fits..... 
> 
>   If you *intentionally* edit my comments so as to misrepresent them, it
> shows the paucity of your arguments.
> 
>> I am part of a consortium of public and private universities and
>> scientific
>> research facilities
> 
>   Eduroam?
> 
>> and our internal listserv on radius frequently talks
>> people off of freeradius solely because of the sarcastic and chip on the
>> shoulder attitude of "some" of the developers.
> 
>   "Some"... but you're not naming names...
> 
>>  Quit being such a Mordac
>> Alan, it scares the tourists and devalues the otherwise excellent work
>> done
>> by other people on this project.
> 
>   Implying that the only excellent work is done by *other* people, and
> not me.
> 
>> You can ban me now for such a ghastly breach of etiquette.
> 
>   Sadly, I do no such thing, though it's clear you would in a similar
> situation.
> 
>   You've taken a simple request to investigate the root cause of the
> problem, and turned it into a personal attack on me.  And you're saying
> *I* have a chip on my shoulder?  Please, don't pretend to have the moral
> high ground here.
> 
>   Alan DeKok.
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