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Date:      Mon, 21 Apr 1997 16:33:07 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon)
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Need a common passwd file among machines
Message-ID:  <199704210703.QAA08288@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.970420222913.20794B-100000@sidhe.memra.com> from Michael Dillon at "Apr 20, 97 10:31:19 pm"

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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)

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