Re: Portmaster RADIUS Users Digest V97 #56

Charles Rouzer (rouzer@spyder.net)
Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:56:07 -0500

Yes. You would update the flat file then run builddbm as per the
radius documentation. Do you mind telling me where I could obtain the
radpass program?

> I am just starting to experiment with Radius 2.0 with DBM tables...
>
> Unfortunately we have all of our scripts and processes written to deal
> with the flat users file. In summary...
>
> 1. We do expire the users passwords every 60 days
> 2. We wrote an interface in front of radpass to allow users to change
> the
> passwords.
> 3. On forgotten/lost passwords we are currently manually editing the
> users
> file.
> 4. We have fully automated the adding of new users to the users flat
> file.
>
> So..
>
> For items 1 & 2...Will radpass work OK with DBM tables? It seems to
> change
> the password in the flat file and not the DBM tables. If this is
> normal...
> then do I just need to run builddbm after every password change?
> Perhaps
> I missed something...
>
> I have not thought of an automated solution for item 3 . Can radpass
> (or
> something else) be modified to...
> 1. Force a password change (Not knowing the current password)
> 2. Force the password expiration date to be expired.
>
> I suspect that item 4 is as simple as keeping the current scripts and
> to re-run buildbm after users have been added.
>
> Thanks in advance