Active Directory and authorize section

Alan Buxey A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk
Tue Feb 1 21:48:57 CET 2011


Hi,

> I'm trying to find out what to use (if anything) in the authorize
> section when authenticating clients via MSCHAP-v2 and AD credentials.
> 
> The how-to at deployingradius.com only speaks to the authentication
> section.
> 
> If I only want to ensure that the username/password credentials are
> valid do I need to run through authorize or just go straight to
> authenticate?

authorise - CAN i use the network

authenticate - is my ID and password correct


once you get that and understand the very clear difference, then you can decide
if you want to deal with authorise - and how to deal with it.

alan



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