Dont forget that in order for CHAP authentication to work, the password needs to be stored in plain text on the radius server. You cant use CHAP to authenticate against /etc/passwd. Try putting an entry in the users file that has the password specified.
Try running freeradius in debug mode (radiusd -X), and send us the output, as well as the output of radtest (including all the arguments you are passing it it, eg "radtest bob bob 1 127.0.0.1 testing123" Andrew Tait System Administrator Country NetLink Pty, Ltd E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.cnl.com.au 30 Bank St Cobram, VIC 3644, Australia Ph: +61 (03) 58 711 000 Fax: +61 (03) 58 711 874 "It's the smell! If there is such a thing." Agent Smith - The Matrix ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darkshot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 1:53 PM Subject: What happened to CHAP? > Sorry if this is in the FAQ, but what I've found in the FAQ so far is > misleading- it mentions a module that I can't find. > > In short, I'm using CHAP on Max 4K and 6K boxes and in trying to get > freeradius to work, I get the: > > Auth: rlm_unix: Attribute "Password" is required for authentication. > Cannot use "CHAP-Password". > > I see in the radiusd.conf that a module is needed, but it looks as if > it must be created from scratch- and the list archive specifically > mentions this "chap module". > > So I'm kind of confused. The version of freeradius I'm running is > freeradius-0.4 and the debug mode shows no problems at all. I've also > tried the "bob bob" entry for radtest- I get this: > > Received Access-Reject packet from 127.0.0.1 with invalid signature! > > Any clues appreciated- I just started working with it tonight, anyway. > > Thanks- > > 'Shot > > > - > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
