[CentOS] User ID's with Special Characters??

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} I am using freeRADIUS. Please explain what do you mean by your above
} statement?
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} Kirti

i didnt look at your original post to verify if i am meeting your needs as i
only have a second here...

*some* RADIUS software distros can be setup so that when a NAS sends a
request to it for authentication of say

someuser at somedomain.com and whateverpassword

then the RADIUS server can strip the @somedomain.com off (which in most
places is called a REALM) and then look in the /etc/passwd file and
authenticate from the login and password entries in the /etc/passwd file

in other words, the RADIUS file doesnt have to be populated with any info
except "setup" and where to go to get the info it needs

make more sense now?

 - rh

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