ERROR: No authenticate method (Auth-Type) found for the request: Rejecting the user

[Phil Mayers]

On 11/10/2012 03:54 AM, Shravan S G wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to configure FreeRadius 2.2.0. I am trying to test with the
> radtest utility. However, when I run radtest, on my radiusd server, I
> get the following error - "ERROR: No authenticate method (Auth-Type)
> found for the request: Rejecting the user". I know this is some issue
> with the authentication part. However, I have not been able to pinpoint
> the problem. Also, I haven't been able to find any relevant solutions on
> the web.
> I have just untarred the 2.2.0 tarball, and added just one line the
> users file: gokul Cleartext-Password:="abcde"

If so, this hasn't taken. The debug shows:

> ++[files] returns noop

...and thenL

> [pap] WARNING! No "known good" password found for the user.
> Authentication may fail because of this.
> ++[pap] returns noop
> ERROR: No authenticate method (Auth-Type) found for the request:

Check you're editing the right file.