Re: unix users and radius bootstrapping (fwd)

Robert Forsman (thoth@cis.ufl.edu)
Mon, 24 Jun 1996 10:05:49 EDT

MegaZone <megazone@livingston.com> ,in message <199606240907.CAA26808@server.li
vingston.com>, wrote:

> Once upon a time Philip A. Fitzpatrick shaped the electrons to say...
> >I have a primary radius server which is using unix passwords, and I have a
> >secondary radius server which I would like to set up as a backup. Does
> >anyone have any suggestions for creating a user database on the secondary
> >radius server which reflects the users on the primary radius server?
>
> Put the same users in /etc/passwd on the second system, but give them bogus
> shells so they can't actually login there.

Or use a RADIUS that has the Encrypted-Password option.