Just my 2 cents, but I could put it any better than Alan and you just did. Exceptional answers from you both, this list has helped me in _HUGE_ ways. Alan is always very helpful, and very fast. Great job as always Alan!
-- Jay DeSotel Systems Administrator InterLink L.C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Voice-(319)524-2895 Fax-(319)524-3175 On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, test wrote: > > "IH - Net Admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would if I knew how to do it myself...and yes I've been through the > > > config files and docs. I wouldn't be asking for a $100 per question > > > either because isn't the purpose of this list to provide help? > > > > Yes, and no. The list is to provide help TO people who need it, > > FROM people who are interested in providing that help. > > > > I'm willing to help people who read the docs and config files. I'm > > not very interested in helping people who ask questions on the list, > > instead of reading the docs or config files. > > > > By asking those kind of questions, they've showed that they're not > > interested in reading the answers I've already provided, so I will be > > wasting my time if I answer their questions on the list. > > > > That's why my response is often "go read the config files". Any > > other answer encourages people to ask redundant questions on the list, > > when the answer is already sitting in front of them. > > <snip> > > > The supplied configuration examples cover a large subset of what > > people want to do. If you want to do something different, then maybe > > you can submit a new sample configuration, which will be included in a > > future release. > > > > The BIGGEST problem is that in order to do something different, you > > MUST understand WHAT you want to do, and HOW you want to do it. > > This involves understanding what RADIUS does, and how the server > > works. The people who are unwilling to put in that work will not be > > able to understand how to configure the server, and probably will not > > understand any answer they're given. > > > > > > For people who are unfamiliar with Linux, system administration, or > > with setting up another system service, I'm sorry, this list is for > > FreeRADIUS. Those other questions are probably off-topic, and don't > > belong on the list. Therefore, they generally won't be answered here. > > > > > > I *am* willing to answer questions from people who run into problems > > with the server, or who run into a lack of documentation about how the > > server works. That's my responsibility, and what I'm good at. > > I'm going to de-lurk for a second for this... > > I subscribed to the list several months ago, when I downloaded > FreeRadius and was having some problems with configurations. I've asked > some questions, but not a whole lot and (hopefully) not redundant ones. > > But I was able to do just what Alan says - read through the config > files, comment/uncomment and change these settings, and get it working. > I'm not a big system admin (I run this out of my home, for fun, strange > as that sounds), and I haven't yet read the RFC's, but I understand the > basic way that RADIUS works, and can figure things out so long as there > isn't any programming involved. > > It works; it works well; and the list is there for when *that* fails, at > least in my most humble opinion. Alan's replies are terse, often refer > to the configs or ask for patches (it's an open-source project,a fter > all, right?) and that's fine; he also replies *quickly* and in cases > where something is wrong, with pointers and help in the right direction. > > Subscribing to the list if you plan to use it is a *great* idea, as a > lot of things you might come across will be mentioned, and specific > examples for out-of-the-way hardware. > > But for someone to send some sample configs - to my thinking, that's > what the default config files *are*. > > Now back to my cave... > > > > > - > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
