Re: Radius CAche???
Alex (alex@agetech.net)
Sat, 29 Jun 1996 16:25:06 -0400
R.D. Thrush wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Mury" == Mury Johnson <mury@main.goldengate.net> writes:
>
> Mury> That sure doesn't sound like the answer. It would help to know
> Mury> if you are using UNIX passwords, or leaving them in the users
> Mury> file. With the lack of information provided it sounds like they
> Mury> are changing their UNIX password, and not the password in the
> Mury> users file. Does restarting radius really solve the
> Mury> problem???!!!
>
> I'm afraid the answer to the password caching may be particular to
> the unix version. I've not had a problem with my radius mods having
> trouble with `stale' password data. I now know the reason.
>
> I use parts from FreeBSD 2.1 to build a private shadow passwd which
> my radius servers use when authenticating for `Password = "UNIX"'. It
> turns out that the FreeBSD version of getpwnam() results in opening
> and closing the shadow passwd file upon each invocation. While not
> great for performance, it avoids the problem of `staleness'.
Are you saying my linux ver 1.99.8 is caheing the PAssword and if it is
was in the life of that cache and how do I fix it?