On 8/15/07, Kelly Ormsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've installed freeradius 1.1.6 on Fedora core 2 (kernel 2.6.5-1.358) (I > can't upgrade please don't go there). I did a basic configure/make/make > install. > > The only changes to the default configuration is adding an entry to the > clients.conf file to allow requests from the Cisco VPN gateway. So far as > I can tell CHAP and CHAPv2 should work straight out of the box (as per this > page http://deployingradius.com/documents/configuration/auth_type.html). > > I've tried to authenticate using a local /etc/passwd user, and I get the > output posted below. Is the default configuration enough for it to consult > the /etc/passwd files (I thought that is what "DEFAULT Auth-Type = System" > did?) or is there something else I need to add. Can CHAP (or CHAPv2) use > /etc/passwd? I'm a little confused about the differences and I'm sure thats > not helping :) > > I'd really rather not list the users individually in the users file, I'd > like there to still only be one place to add users, so I'd like to use > /etc/passwd file only. I apologise if there is documentation listed on this, > I really feel that I've searched everywhere I can and no one seems to give > real details. >
CHAP requires a clear text password. Tell your client to use PAP. I believe it will work without any configuration on the server. -- Nicholas Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] 262.208.6271
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