On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:10:18 -0400 "Alan DeKok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> richard lucassen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > I do NOT administrate this MySQL database and I have just > > 'databasename + username field + password field' and I just have > > access to this db to authenticate. Nothing more than that. > > I'm not sure what you mean by "access to this DB to authenticate". Sorry, I have privileges to read the UserName and the (encrypted) Password field. > > 1) the sql.conf file is filled up with things I do not need, because > > the MySQL db has no structure that corresponds to the sql.conf file. > > Can I simply uncomment all lines I do not need? > > The schema FreeRADIUS uses is pretty much hard-coded into the SQL > module, sorry. So it can't easily be used with another schema. Ok, so AFAIUI it would be better to dump the original db to a file and populate a server which is set up according to the freeradius schema. If possible of course (but that's a MySQL issue and beyond the scope of this list of course) > > 2) in the accounting and authorize part of radiusd.conf there is an > > entry "sql", but not in "authenticate" as where I'd expect such an > > entry. Why is that? > > Does your SQL DB perform 802.1X authentication? MS-CHAP? CHAP? > HTTP digest authentication? > > I thought not. SQL DB's are data stores, not authentication > servers. FreeRADIUS is an authentication server, not a data store. Ok, that's clear. Thnx. R. -- ___________________________________________________________________ It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak aloud and remove all doubt. +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Richard Lucassen, Utrecht | | Public key and email address: | | http://www.lucassen.org/mail-pubkey.html | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
