Re: Simple RADIUS Setup

Matt Zimmerman (mdz@netrail.net)
Tue, 19 Dec 1995 16:25:29 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 18 Dec 1995, Jim Aspinwall wrote:

> Does the portmaster need to be an .rhosts user on the RADIUS server or
> have any owner rights on the RADIUS server Unix setup?

No. However, if you're using Rlogin login service, the portmaster needs
to be a trusted (hosts.equiv) host.

> Is RADIUS required to be a Root or plain user-level on the server?

Since radius works on port 1645/udp, and accounting on 1646/udp, the
RADIUS server must run as root (to listen on these (low) ports).

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