> Do you mean the radius server can be only used for password authentication > in case of ssh/telnet?
Yes. > Can't we login using the centralized > username/password? No, that can't work. Let's say that you were authenticated and reached the shell as a nonexistant local user. How is he suposed to access anything or execute any commands? No permissions would apply to him. Ivan Kalik Kalik Informatika ISP - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html