no-auth type error

[Ross c6]

OK - problem fixed.  For all the clueless like me out there I suspect the
problem was:

1) Radiusd needs to be restarted if you change the users file ?  What this
will show up is if there are any problems in the users file.  I am not sure
if this is the recommended approach as it is not mentioned anywhere in the
troubleshooting or the testing notes.
2) What it did show up when restarting was two issues:  A spelling mistake
in my Cleartext statement, and it appears as if "tab" must be used and not
"space".  Again could not find anything in the troubleshooting or other
getting started guides so not sure if this is the case.  It certainly fixed
my problem.

If the above are indeed requirements - can they be added to the section for
beginners please and hopefully save hours and hours of trying to get
something we are unfamiliar with working.?

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Alan,

Thanks for this.  I had slavishly followed the testing instructions you
refer to.  I had uncommented the "bob" user and added in the "testing" user
at the top of the users file.  I had monitored the testing using -X.  I had
also pasted in the debugging system with no intelligible response (from my
layman perspective).  From the debug both the following were received by
freeRadius so no issues with firewall or corruption experienced by other.

"(9)     User-Name = 'bob'
(9)     User-Password = 'hello'"

And 

(10)    User-Name = 'testing'
(10)    User-Password = 'password'

I have now reread the technical guide.  Other than a knowledge of freeradius
what am I missing ?

Your comment:  "So... how should the server authenticate a user if it
doesn't know (a) who the user is, and (b) what the correct password is for
that user?" is valid.  I had added these users in the user file and am
asking for a hint as to why they are not been seen by freeradius.  I have
attached the config file and pasted in the bits of interest below.

"testing Cleartest-Password := "password"
#
# 	Configuration file for the rlm_files module."

And

bob	Cleartext-Password := "hello"
	Reply-Message := "Hello, %{User-Name}"

I am sure it is something so obvious that it is possibly not in the how-to ?



-----Original Message-----
From: Alan DeKok [mailto:aland at deployingradius.com] 
Sent: Friday, 10 July 2015 12:14 AM
To: ross at convergingtrails.com; FreeRadius users mailing list
Subject: Re: no-auth type error

On Jul 9, 2015, at 7:57 AM, Ross c6 <ross at convergingtrails.com> wrote:
> I am sure it is simple.  I did do some research and one of the posts 
> was about some of the auth modules not starting.  Any suggestions ?

  Read the debug output you posted here?
> 
> (10)  WARNING: pap : No "known good" password found for the user.  Not 
> setting Auth-Type
> 
> (10)  WARNING: pap : Authentication will fail unless a "known good" 
> password is available

  So... how should the server authenticate a user if it doesn't know (a) who
the user is, and (b) what the correct password is for that user?

  This is documented:  http://freeradius.org/doc/getting_started.html

  Alan DeKok.

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