Hi Hugh !

I have expirenced problems when when running radiusd under a seperate user account.

The server is running Redhat 8.0
The server is configured as Kerberos client and users are authenticated via PAM, it works fine.

The config (radius.cfg)  is testet when radiusd is running as root and it works as expected.
When switching to user radiator I'm getting following error in logfile
 "Wed Apr  2 10:22:38 2003: INFO: Access rejected for dmdpel: Error -1 running EXTERNAL command: No child processes"


I've found this in the mailing list archives, is this relevant ?
  • To: Radiator Mailinglist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  • Subject: (RADIATOR) Bug? changing EUID/EGID with User/Group params doesn't work
  • From: Karl Gaissmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  • Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 15:39:04 +0200


    Below I have included "radius.cfg", the script "chgrp.sh" and "logfile"

    Do you need any further to answer my questions ?

    Regards
    Per L�tkemeyer
    DMdata a/s

    ..........................................
    From the manual :

    6.4.31 User
    On Unix, this optional parameter sets the effective user ID (UID) that radiusd will run
    as, provided radiusd starts as a suitably priveleged user (usually as root). The value can
    be a valid Unix user name or an integer UID.
    6.4.32 Group
    On Unix, this optional parameter sets the effective group ID (GID) that radiusd will run
    as, provided radiusd starts as a suitably priveleged user (usually as root). The value can
    be a valid Unix group name or an integer GID.
    .......................................
    Q1: What do you mean by "a suitably priveleged user (usually as root)" ??


    I'v done this
     1. created a user called "radiator" and a group called "radiator"
     2. changed /etc/radiator and all files within to be owned by user=radiator group=radiator
     3. changed /var/log/radius and all files within to be owned by user=radiator group=radiator

    The problem occurs when calling an external script located in /etc/radiator




    ***********************************
    radius.cfg
    ***********************************

    ################################################
    ### 24/3-03 PEL
    ### Radius.cfg  jumphost der anvender PAM
    ################################################
    # Foreground
    # LogStdout
    #
    ######################
    User            radiator
    Group           radiator
    # User            root
    # Group           root
    ######################
    AuthPort        1645
    AcctPort        1646
    #
    LogDir          /var/log/radius
    LogFile         /var/log/radius/logfile.txt
    DbDir           /etc/radiator
    #
    Trace           4


    ################################################
    # Clients
    ###############################################
    <Client DEFAULT>
            Secret  mysecret
            Identifier Default
    </Client>



    ################################################
    # AuthBy's
    ###############################################
    <AuthLog FILE>
        Identifier LoginLog
        Filename %L/loginlog.txt
        LogSuccess 1
        LogFailure 1
        SuccessFormat %l:Client-ip=%c:NAS-ip=%N:%U:OK
        FailureFormat %l:Client-ip=%c:NAS-ip=%N:%U:FAIL:%1
    </AuthLog>


    ################################################
    # Handlers
    ###############################################
    <Handler Client-Identifier = Default>
            AuthByPolicy ContinueWhileAccept

            # Use /etc/pam.d/login as default
            # PAM is configured as Kerberos client
            <AuthBy PAM>
                    Service login
            </AuthBy>

            # Checker via script group membership
            #
            <AuthBy GROUP>
                AuthByPolicy ContinueUntilAccept

                # Member of Network ?
                <AuthBy EXTERNAL>
                        Command %D/chgrp.sh network %u
                        AddToReply Service-Type = Administrative
                </AuthBy>

                # Member of operations ?
                <AuthBy EXTERNAL>
                        Command %D/chgrp.sh operations %u
                        AddToReply Service-Type = NAS-Prompt-User
                </AuthBy>

            </AuthBy>

            # Log accounting to a detail file
            AcctLogFileName %L/detail
            AuthLog LoginLog
    </Handler>

    ******************************************************

    ***********
    chgrp.sh
    ************
    #!/bin/bash
    #
    # 25/3-03 PEL
    #
    # Syntax :  chgrp.sh groupname username
    #
    if grep $1 /etc/group | grep $2 > /dev/null; then
            # echo user $2 is in group $1
            exit 0
    else
            # echo Error
            exit 1
    fi


    ********************************************************************
    logfile
    ********************************************************************
    Wed Apr  2 10:22:37 2003: DEBUG: Packet dump:
    *** Received from 10.165.18.49 port 4457 ....
    Code:       Access-Request
    Identifier: 217
    Authentic:  1234567890123456
    Attributes:
            User-Name = "dmdpel"
            Service-Type = Framed-User
            NAS-IP-Address = 203.63.154.1
            NAS-Port = 1234
            Called-Station-Id = "123456789"
            Calling-Station-Id = "987654321"
            NAS-Port-Type = Async
            User-Password = "<145><254>1<201><202>1e<146><188>8<9><160><216>}x<153>"

    Wed Apr  2 10:22:37 2003: DEBUG: Handling request with Handler 'Client-Identifier = Default'
    Wed Apr  2 10:22:37 2003: DEBUG:  Deleting session for dmdpel, 203.63.154.1, 1234
    Wed Apr  2 10:22:37 2003: DEBUG: Handling with PAM service login
    Wed Apr  2 10:22:37 2003: DEBUG: PAM is asking for 1: 'Password'
    Wed Apr  2 10:22:38 2003: DEBUG: Handling with Radius::AuthGROUP
    Wed Apr  2 10:22:38 2003: DEBUG: Running command: /etc/radiator/chgrp.sh netw129 dmdpel
    Wed Apr  2 10:22:38 2003: DEBUG: Running command: /etc/radiator/chgrp.sh nete129 dmdpel
    Wed Apr  2 10:22:38 2003: DEBUG: Running command: /etc/radiator/chgrp.sh pcc153 dmdpel
    Wed Apr  2 10:22:38 2003: INFO: Access rejected for dmdpel: Error -1 running EXTERNAL command: No child processes
    Wed Apr  2 10:22:38 2003: DEBUG: Packet dump:
    *** Sending to 10.165.18.49 port 4457 ....
    Code:       Access-Reject
    Identifier: 217
    Authentic:  1234567890123456
    Attributes:
            Reply-Message = "Request Denied"
    *****************************************************************

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