On Tue, 21 Nov 1995, Peter Lynn Buschman wrote:
> (Thanks to everyone who responded with help on getting the portmaster
> talking to the Linux box via tcp/ip. It works beautifully now.)
>
> So the Linux box and the portmaster are running TCP/IP on their own
> ethernet segment and are just happy as can be. I can easily telnet
> from Linux to Portmaster, or even login via the Portmaster's console
> and telnet, rlogin, ping, traceroute quite successfully to the Linux
> box. Now, I want to install radius so we can authenticate our users from
> the Linux box. So... I cheerfully grabbed the radius source from
> ftp.livingston.com, compiled it, installed it as /etc/radiusd, created
> the /etc/raddb directory ...all as per the radius.install file. The
> radiusd daemon goes up without a hiccup. However, if I try and login
> to the portmaster , I get an error to the effect of "*** Host unavailable ***"
> Now I know the host is available, since I can telnet to it from the
> portmaster's admin account. So what gives?
>
> Here are some symptoms.
>
> Acounts defined as netuser in the Livingston user table are dropped
> straight into slip/ppp negotiation. That seems to work.
>
> Accounts defined as login user return errors of host unavailable
> as outlined above.
>
> Radius does not seem to be authenticating anyone, but output
> from radius -x indicates it is being sent information _only_
> on accounts defined in the linvingston's user table. (ie,
> nothing is returned or received when a different account is specified.
>
> I've never setup a server like this before, so please bear with me on this.
> All I want is for the exception of a few local accounts, all authentication
> must be done via the radius server. Nuff said. If anyone out there who
> has run radius under linux, could post some instructions on pitfalls to
> avoid, it would be much appreciated. (I've been going by the radius.install
> and setup.isp files, but this is a stumbling block)
>
>
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