AW: Problem with CHAP Authentification

[Phil Mayers]

On 11/06/12 15:39, irosAurus wrote:

> First I tried without an SQL-DB and added an user to the users file. That
> didn't work, so I just uncommented the user "steve" in the users file with
> the Cleartype-Password. That did not work either. It works local through
> radtest, but not for the interaction with the hotspot. So I added the
> database, and put in a new user called "user" and password "123". I can,
> again, do a local radtest, but it does not work with the hotspot
> authentication.

Logically, the hotspot is mangling the username or passwords.

>
> Is there any way to disable CHAP and give it a try with another auth method?
> I am not sure where to change this and I am a bit confused about the
> different conf files and the sites-enabled/default file.

The authentication method (CHAP, PAP, EAP) is decided by the NAS i.e. 
the hotspot. FreeRADIUS doesn't decide it, and can't change it.

If you want to disable CHAP, you need to do it on the NAS.