It is possible to specify another file other than /etc/passwd. Look in radiusd.conf, unix authentication module.
- Gunce On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Rick Kunkel wrote: > Heya folks, > > I'm new to the list. We're in the process of attempting to move from > Merit AAA Radius to FreeRadius, and I have a quick questions about > authentication. Is there a way for me to use another password file > besides the standard /etc/passwd one? I won't go into detail, but > I'll tell you that the primary constraint I have right now is time, > so I'd like to use my current /etc/passwd file for my Merit AAA > server, but I don't want to actually use the production one...just a > copy of it. A SQL DB won't work for me right now, and putting all the > users in the user file won't cut the mustard either, mainly because I > don't know their passwords to re-enter them in these new formats. > > However, if I can use a copy of the existing PW file (I can't use the > original either, because that will be changing) I should be OK. > > Anyone have any advice on how to do something like this? > > Thanks, > > Rick Kunkel > WORLDLINK Internet Services > > -- > > > - > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
