From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Apr 21 00:03:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA25345 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 00:03:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA25320; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 00:03:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id QAA08288; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 16:33:07 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199704210703.QAA08288@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Need a common passwd file among machines In-Reply-To: from Michael Dillon at "Apr 20, 97 10:31:19 pm" To: michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 16:33:07 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Dillon stands accused of saying: > > > > Unfortunately, Livingston have put some anal restrictions on their latest > > RADIUS server code. > > So what? There is already RADIUS server code out there that doesn't have > anal restrictions and it works just fine. And there is already RADIUS > client code incorporated into radlogin for Linux so the essential pieces > are all there. "So what" is that the new Livingston code is Radius-2 compliant, and has lots of nice features. > > This is one of the goals of the PAM framework. I hope to have some time > > next week to get myself back up to date with PAM and update my BSD > > port of it. Once I have it building and linkable, it will be time to > > start discussing how to integrate it. 8) > > IMHO RADIUS should just be another PAM option. It is. If you are interested in PAM, I suggest some research 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[