Re: [FWD: Re: Re: Radius entry]

Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com)
Sat, 16 Aug 1997 17:38:53 -0600 (MDT)

The user, with a DEFAULT entry in the users file will look it up in the
shadow/password file. If the user is listed before the DEFAULT in the
users file it will just use that entry.

On 8 xxx -1, mikemail wrote:

> I hope I'm sending this to the right place... (G)
>
> But in a sort of answer/question to your referal to the radius entry,
>
> Will the radius entry of UNIX or SYSTEM password (for ver 2.xx of
> Radius)
>
> Will radius goto the passwd or shadow file (in RedHat) and pull the
> username/password and do authentication and place an entry in the detail
> file for that user as well?? Without entering that user in the users
> file for radius??
>
> Sorry to be so green at this, but my ISP has only been up for 3 weeks
> now.