Re: FAQ Secondary Radius Server

Ed Longstrom (edl@rock.spectra.net)
Fri, 11 Oct 1996 06:27:02 -0400 (EDT)

Does anyone have a hack for either Solaris or
Linux on using a seperate password file
for secondary authentication? Shadowed or
unshadowed?

Thanks,
ed

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On Fri, 11 Oct 1996, Jon Lewis wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Ing. Felipe Tribaldos wrote:
>
> > What I want to do is copy the passwd and shadow files over to the
> > secondary server (a sparc 4 sol 2.4) and place them in say
> > /etc/raddb/bk.passwd and bk.shadow
> >
> > What do I need to modify in the Livingston Radius code to read from
> > as specific file other than /etc/shadow and /etc/password.
>
> This depends on your system, the libraries it uses, and on how much code
> you want to write. If you have a function that can basically say "hey,
> use this other passwd/shadow file for future getpw/getsp calls" then it's
> pretty easy to do. If you don't, then you have some options...you can try
> setting up a chrooted environment for the secondary radiusd, or write your
> own passwd/shadow lookup functions.
>
> > Another questions, since the shadow file contains both username and password
> > is it possible to use only that shadow file, or do I need also passwd.
>
> My hacked radiusd2 only needs /etc/raddb/shadow for doing authentication
> (and of course the other standard radiusd files).
>
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