Hi all,

Its me again with the same question :-). I want to know whether freeRadius
can authorize users based on a group or OU attribute. When I posted this
question earlier, I was told that not is not possible. I am using the
radiusprofileDn attribute to authorize users. however, this approach has its
drawbacks.

1. Since authorization is based on an user attribute, all users have to have
the radiusprofile object class, which increases overhead in direct
proportion to the number of users.

2. It is not possible to grant or deny a particular service to a group of
users to reflect changing requirements. The changes have to be made for
every user, giving scope for errors and security holes.

3. It is not possible to know exactly how many users can access a particular
service. Like, if it was based on group or OU membership, a look at the
dial-up group/OU will tell me just how many people can dial into the
network. I can also find out who can dialup by looking at the group
membership.

But it the current implementation, I have to check the attributes of each
user to collect the necessary info.

Has anybody done an implementation with authorisation based on group
membership ?

If so, please help.

Regards,
Michael Fuller

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