Re: radius server that reads from a file other than

Douglas Warren (dwarren@alpha.NetUSA.Net)
Thu, 13 Jun 1996 12:15:08 -0400 (EDT)

> mickey said:
> > One more question--has anyone hacked radius to get passwords from files
> > other than /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow? This would be very helpful in
> > keeping a backup radius server and not worrying about giving all the users
> > access to the 2nd machine as well.
I took the source to shadow, changed the predefined file name for
/etc/shadow to be something else, and then I just compile a second
copy of radiusd linking that .o file as well as all the other libs,
then a cronjob encrypts (MD5) and copies the file (rcp) to the backup
servers. I use shadow and radius rather then NIS for everything here.
(Radius hacked: login, popd, ftpd) Note: You only need shadow to exist
on secondary radius servers, not passwd.

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