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Date:      Thu, 6 Jan 2011 08:05:05 -0800 (PST)
From:      gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com>
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, Indexer <indexer@internode.on.net>
Cc:        freebsd general questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: freebsd and
Message-ID:  <836594.49162.qm@web130206.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <22B48F74-6976-4DCB-8F3C-CE0D0D425173@internode.on.net>

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thanks. i am looking into the suggestions.=0A=0Abest=0A=0Agahn=0A=0A--- On =
Wed, 1/5/11, Indexer <indexer@internode.on.net> wrote:=0A=0A> From: Indexer=
 <indexer@internode.on.net>=0A> Subject: Re: freebsd and=0A> To: "Bill Mora=
n" <wmoran@potentialtech.com>=0A> Cc: "gahn" <ipfreak@yahoo.com>, "freebsd =
general questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>=0A> Date: Wednesday, Jan=
uary 5, 2011, 4:53 PM=0A> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----=0A> Hash: SHA1=
=0A> =0A> =0A> On 06/01/2011, at 07:02, Bill Moran wrote:=0A> =0A> > =0A> >=
 (don't see why this was on -current)=0A> > =0A> > In response to gahn <ipf=
reak@yahoo.com>:=0A> >> hi all:=0A> >> =0A> >> i set up the freeradius 21.1=
00.1 on freebsd 8.1.=0A> it uses local authentication database of /etc/pass=
wd (thanks=0A> to the previous discussions alan did with others). the=0A> p=
roblem is: it only works with the condition of the server=0A> id running as=
 "root" instead of "freeradius" due to the one=0A> way MD5 hash of /etc/pas=
swd file.=0A> >> =0A> >> are there any other better ways to implement=0A> t=
his?=0A> > =0A> > a) Put the Radius server in a jail, so it can run as=0A> =
root without all the=0A> >=A0=A0=A0security concerns.=0A> > b) Use somethin=
g other than /etc/passwd=0A> authentication=0A> > =0A> =0A> Cant radius use=
 pam? perhaps you should look into that. =0A> =0A> It may be a pain though,=
 freeradius is largely=0A> undocumented, and what documentation exists is o=
ften=0A> incomplete, incorrect and full of people touting "IT JUST=0A> WORK=
S" when 99% of the time, It never works. Once you figure=0A> it out however=
, its great. I would highly recommend putting=0A> your raddb into a version=
 control system. =0A> =0A> > -- =0A> > Bill Moran=0A> > http://www.potentia=
ltech.com=0A> > http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/=0A>; > ______=
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