Hugh Irvine wrote:
> Hello Colin -
>
> On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, colinc wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have been browsing through the archives and the manual regarding
> > information on setting up groups, it seems to be more confusing to me
> > than it should.
> >
> > However, it seems to me that i would need to setup the groups
> > authentication in the users file. At the current moment i don't believe
> > we are using the user file for authentication, this is done from our
> > passwd file using <AuthBy Unix>. Where exactly do we specify which group
> > a user belongs to, would this be the groups file?
> >
>
> You will need to do several things -
>
> 1. create your groups
>
> 2. set up cascaded AuthBy's to check both passwords and groups
>
> 3. configure whatever specific check and reply attributes you need
> corresponding to the group membership
>
> Something like this:
>
> # configuration to check passwords and groups
>
> <AuthBy UNIX>
> Identifier CheckUNIX
> Filename ....
> GroupFilename ....
> </AuthBy>
>
> <Realm .....>
> <AuthBy FILE>
> Filename %D/default-users
> </AuthBy>
> </Realm>
>
> Then in the users file:
>
> # file %D/default-users
> # specify additional check items and appropriate reply items as required
>
> DEFAULT Auth-Type = CheckUNIX, Group = plan1
> ......
>
> DEFAULT Auth-Type = CheckUNIX, Group = plan2
> .....
>
> DEFAULT Auth-Type = CheckUNIX, Group = plan3
> .....
>
>
> Have a look at section 6.21 in the Radiator 2.15 reference manual.
>
> > We want to create groups of users that correspond to our internet plans,
> >
> > eg 30 hr/month, unlimited hrs.
> >
>
> You might also want to consider an SQL database for doing more
> sophisticated accounting, etc., or you might even look at one of the commercial
> ISP billing systems that do these sorts of things "out-of-the-box".
>
> hth
>
> Hugh
>
Yes, we are planning to use freeside billing in conjunction with Radiator. Where
would i define the group information if i were to authenticate from the SQL
database, I've defined the group in a local file and also set a user in SQL with
group as a check item, however i get the following error.
Mon Apr 17 12:01:01 2000: DEBUG: Radius::AuthSQL looks for match with colin
Mon Apr 17 12:01:01 2000: WARNING: This AuthBy does not know how to check Group
membership
Mon Apr 17 12:01:01 2000: DEBUG: Radius::AuthSQL REJECT: User colin is not in Group
unlimited
Mon Apr 17 12:01:01 2000: DEBUG: Query is: select PASSWORD from SUBSCRIBERS where
USERNAME='DEFAULT
===
Archive at http://www.starport.net/~radiator/
Announcements on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To unsubscribe, email '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' with
'unsubscribe radiator' in the body of the message.
