Re: Does merit radcheck/radpwtst work with livingston-based radiusd ?

William Bulley (web@merit.edu)
Mon, 18 Mar 1996 11:23:44 -0500 (EST)

According to Konstantin Beznosov:
>
> How can someone make utility radcheck( and radpwtst) from merit
> distribution to check Livingston (1.16) radius server?
>
> When I do it I can see in radiusd debug output that it receives a request
> for user "TEST". But the server (it looks like) silently discards it. And
> radcheck times out with the message "No reply from RADIUS server ... ",
> though I'm sure the server is working fine.
>
> Also, it's not clear for me what particular files from raddb dir the utility
> needs.

The easiest answer is to use Merit RADIUS... ;^)

Next easiest answer is to look at the Merit code and add what is missing.

Lastly, you could just not use it, I guess... :-)

Seriously, these RADIUS clients are front ends to the sendserver() routine
in the sendserver.c file in Merit RADIUS. They both use Status-Server
packet codes which Livingstion 1.16 RADIUS does not support. Then, even
if it did support Status-Server, radcheck(8) uses a well known User-Name
(here "TEST") and a well known password (this is left to the reader to
determine :-) and a quiz will be held next week...) which would also have
to be added to 1.16 from Livingston. Or I suppose you could hack the
senserver() code and radcheck(8) and radpwtst(8) -- whatever...

Regards,

web...

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