On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 11:09:06AM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2015/10/01 14:35, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> > CVSROOT:    /cvs
> > Module name:        src
> > Changes by: [email protected]    2015/10/01 14:35:55
> > 
> > Modified files:
> >     libexec/login_radius: login_radius.8 
> >     share/man/man5 : login.conf.5 
> > 
> > Log message:
> > some radiusd updates, from theo buehler
> > 
> 
> I think most of these references to radiusd(8) are wrong, this
> isn't server-specific and indeed radiusd(8) doesn't support some
> of the things the manual is talking about in ".Xr radiusd"
> sections.
> 
> I think this would be more correct, also fixes capitalisation
> of RADIUS while there.

Agreed, OK claudio@
 
> Index: login_radius.8
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/libexec/login_radius/login_radius.8,v
> retrieving revision 1.13
> diff -u -p -r1.13 login_radius.8
> --- login_radius.8    1 Oct 2015 20:35:55 -0000       1.13
> +++ login_radius.8    2 Oct 2015 10:08:07 -0000
> @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
>  .Os
>  .Sh NAME
>  .Nm login_radius
> -.Nd contact radiusd for authentication
> +.Nd contact RADIUS server for authentication
>  .Sh SYNOPSIS
>  .Nm login_radius
>  .Op Fl d
> @@ -48,9 +48,7 @@
>  .Sh DESCRIPTION
>  The
>  .Nm
> -utility contacts the
> -.Xr radiusd 8
> -daemon to authenticate a
> +utility contacts a RADIUS server to authenticate a
>  .Ar user .
>  If no
>  .Ar class
> @@ -59,9 +57,7 @@ is specified, the login class will be ob
>  When executed as the name
>  .Pa login_ Ns Ar style ,
>  .Nm
> -will request
> -.Xr radiusd 8
> -use the authentication specified by
> +will request that the RADIUS server use the authentication specified by
>  .Ar style .
>  .Pp
>  The options are as follows:
> @@ -85,7 +81,7 @@ This option and its value are ignored.
>  .Pp
>  The
>  .Nm
> -utility needs to know a shared secret for each radius server it talks to.
> +utility needs to know a shared secret for each RADIUS server it talks to.
>  Shared secrets are stored in the file
>  .Pa /etc/raddb/servers
>  with the format:
> @@ -93,10 +89,8 @@ with the format:
>  server shared_secret
>  .Ed
>  .Pp
> -It is expected that rather than requesting the radius style directly
> -(in which case the
> -.Xr radiusd 8
> -server uses a default style)
> +It is expected that rather than requesting the RADIUS style directly
> +(in which case the server server uses a default style)
>  that
>  .Nm
>  will be linked to the various mechanisms desired.
> @@ -110,36 +104,35 @@ modules and link
>  to both of those names.
>  Now when the user requests one of those authentication styles,
>  .Nm
> -will automatically forward the request to the remote
> -.Xr radiusd 8
> +will automatically forward the request to the remote RADIUS server
>  and request it do the requested style of authentication.
>  .Sh LOGIN.CONF VARIABLES
>  The
>  .Nm
> -utility uses the following radius-specific
> +utility uses the following RADIUS-specific
>  .Pa /etc/login.conf
>  variables:
>  .Bl -tag -width radius-challenge-styles
>  .It radius-port
> -Port name or number to connect to on the radius server.
> +Port name or number to connect to on the RADIUS server.
>  .It radius-server
> -Hostname of the radius server to contact.
> +Hostname of the RADIUS server to contact.
>  .It radius-server-alt
> -Alternate radius server to use when the primary is not responding.
> +Alternate RADIUS server to use when the primary is not responding.
>  .It radius-challenge-styles
> -Comma-separated list of authentication styles that the radius server
> +Comma-separated list of authentication styles that the RADIUS server
>  knows about.
>  If the user's authentication style is in this list the challenge will
> -be provided by the radius server.
> +be provided by the RADIUS server.
>  If not,
>  .Nm
>  will prompt the user for the password before sending the request
> -(along with the password) to the radius server.
> +(along with the password) to the RADIUS server.
>  .It radius-timeout
> -Number of seconds to wait for a response from the radius server.
> +Number of seconds to wait for a response from the RADIUS server.
>  Defaults to 2 seconds.
>  .It radius-retries
> -Number of times to attempt to contact the radius server before giving up
> +Number of times to attempt to contact the RADIUS server before giving up
>  (or falling back to the alternate server if there is one).
>  Defaults to 6 tries.
>  .El
> @@ -148,11 +141,12 @@ Defaults to 6 tries.
>  .It Pa /etc/login.conf
>  login configuration database
>  .It Pa /etc/raddb/servers
> -list of radius servers and their associated shared secrets
> +list of RADIUS servers and their associated shared secrets
>  .El
>  .Sh SEE ALSO
>  .Xr login 1 ,
> -.Xr login.conf 5
> +.Xr login.conf 5 ,
> +.Xr radiusd 8
>  .Sh CAVEATS
>  For
>  .Nm
> 

-- 
:wq Claudio

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