Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 10:41:34 -0600 (MDT) From: "Robert P. Ricci" <rricci@ns1.theonlynet.com> To: Frode Nordahl <froden@bigblue.no> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPPD authentication with RADIUS? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970723103943.9086D-100000@ns1.theonlynet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970723121227.27009A-100000@login.bigblue.no>
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We use NIS, because, as far as I can tell, you have to hack pppd to make it a Radius client. But, of course, you'd have to have FreeBSD, or some other Unix flavor w/ NIS to do your authenticating from. If you're interested, take a look at the manpage for yp . Robert Ricci rricci@theonlynet.com On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Frode Nordahl wrote: > I saw some discussion about using RADIUS to authenticate users dialing > into a system with pppd. > > I wonder if this has been possible on FreeBSD yet? > We really do need this functionallity. We have a portmaster for ISDN > dialins, and currently use a NT (sigh) box for modem dialins. What I want > to do is to transfer theese users to a FreeBSD box. But this is not > possible without RADIUS. The ideal setup would be to buy a portmaster for > the modems too, but PM's cost! :) > > Hope someone can answer this! > > --------------------------------- > Frode Nordahl <froden@bigblue.no> > >
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