Re: Radius and other programs

Steven P. Crain (scrain@shore.net)
Fri, 27 Dec 1996 10:09:32 -0500 (EST)

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On Fri, 27 Dec 1996, Portmaster List wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Dec 1996 23:34:39 -0800 (PST), mike <mike@inc-g.com> wrote:
>
> I'll be using radius to store home dirs (for ftp), client full names (to do
> a improvised finger query tool) and email addresses. I dont know yet if
> radius is the best tool for the job, but for now, I'm happy... Comments?
>
> What would be *really* nice is a libradius.a...

Merit radius has one, and some of it is for sending queries to a server.
The server doesn't need to be Merit flavor for the clients to work. There
is a sample program that just checks the username and password to make
sure the person exists.

> I'll be starting coding in a coupple of weeks. Right now, I'm just looking
> around for ideias and putting all the pieces together. If someone has more
> ideias on what they would like to see, please send them... All my patches
> will be freely available.

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Steven P. Crain scrain@shore.net http://www.shore.net/~scrain
Shore.Net Unix Development and Administration
An ISP with Excellence in the Greater Boston Area.

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