-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 02:15:30PM -0800, Robert Hanson wrote: > } I am using freeRADIUS. Please explain what do you mean by your above > } statement? > > 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? That is no good. What he needs is using RADIUS with a different backend, instead of /etc/passwd. I recomend MySQL. []s - -- Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org> "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDvu2opdyWzQ5b5ckRArzRAJ9QAYiZbJGpr656PZF0tK54SCdLAgCgvLCR QXccwjRLCyXrOsNCK+vbig8= =GwDN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----