Old school: FreeRADIUS and NIS

[Phil Mayers]

On 07/03/14 16:02, Mark Haney wrote:
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> I know it's throwback to the '90s, but my boss wants it done, so I
> need to do it.  I /cannot/ find any documentation on setting up
> FreeRADIUS with NIS authentication.  Does someone have some lying

Authentication of what? VPN, wireless 802.1x, etc?

NIS basically gives you a Unix passwd entry, which is a crypt; thus, 
it's only compatible with PAP, or protocols that encapsulate PAP such as 
EAP-TTLS/PAP. See:

http://deployingradius.com/documents/protocols/compatibility.html

In principle, rlm_unix should work with NIS; it will set the 
Crypt-Password control item, which will be looked at by rlm_pap. It 
should be as simple as:

authorize {
   ...
   unix
   pap
   ...
}
authenticate {
   Auth-Type PAP {
     pap
   }
   ...
}

Try this, post a debug of it not working if so.