Cleartext-Password := "%{User-Name}" in the users file. Possible?

[Difan Zhao]

Thanks Phil! It works! It definitely fits what I need! However just be curious, why my setting won't work?

Thanks!

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From: freeradius-users-bounces+difan.zhao=guest-tek.com at lists.freeradius.org [mailto:freeradius-users-bounces+difan.zhao=guest-tek.com at lists.freeradius.org] On Behalf Of Phil Mayers
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Subject: Re: Cleartext-Password := "%{User-Name}" in the users file. Possible?

On 03/03/11 16:10, Difan Zhao wrote:
> Hi experts,
>
> I want to try another way to authenticate devices by their MAC
> addresses. I don't really care about the security and just try to make
> the configuration easy. Here is my configuration:
>
> ==== hints =====
>
> DEFAULT User-Name =~ "001422.*"
>
> Hint = "STB"
>
> ===== users =====
>
> DEFAULT Hint == "STB", Cleartext-Password := "%{User-Name}"

Why bother with a password at all?

DEFAULT	Hint == STB, Auth-Type := Accept
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