Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 07:25:18 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Webster <andrew@fortress.org> To: "Miguel A.L. Paraz" <map@iphil.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RADIUS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960215072031.11276P-100000@guardian.fortress.org> In-Reply-To: <199602150444.MAA08392@marikit.iphil.net>
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On Thu, 15 Feb 1996, Miguel A.L. Paraz wrote: > Andrew Webster wrote: > > > > Is there anyone working on RADIUS support for FreeBSD so that it can be > > used as a smart terminal server? > > Yes, I am going to put some work into this. > > I already have the Livingston radiusd with the SLIP/CSLIP/PPP > patches installed, plus some other patches of my own. This > already works with a Portmaster that I borrowed, for reference > purposes. > > I also have the RADIUS client login for Linux, and will study how it > can be nicely injected into the BSD login - replacing > the getpwent() call with a RADIUS authentication request. This Linux > code does not support RADIUS accounting; I plan to put that in > by taking it backwards from the server code. Sounds like you are ahead of the game with the work you've already done! > > Along this line, I previously asked for suggestions on good > multiport cards to use for FreeBSD. I also plan to stick a > sync serial board to make the system a one-box solution > for ISPs. I use a pair of Digipoard PC/8 cards with 16550uarts, ports are running at 38400 and 57600 on a P-100 system which is acting as a new server and virtual host box for PubNIX Montreal. Works great. I am interested in RADIUS as a method to try and get the user database under one roof. > I would appreciate advice on how to use such a system where > user accounts are divided between different boxes. Would > NIS/NIS+ do it? Or perhaps, a distributed RADIUS system > like in the (complicated) Merit radiusd? You can use NIS systems for this and have a radius "server" on some corner of your network. I haven't had much luck with NIS on freebsd. It works about 90%. I may have overlooked something during the setup, but users can't change their passwords when runnning NIS! Andrew Webster - andrew@pubnix.net - http://www.pubnix.net PubNIX Montreal - Connected to the world - Branche au monde 514-990-5911 - P.O. Box 147, Cote St-Luc, Quebec, H4V 2Y3
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