24-Dec-02 at 10:38, Alan DeKok ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > Great. You've re-designed the server to do exactly what it's doing > now, but with the names changed. > > How exaclty does that help?
Hi Alan, I'm going to jump in here, and I want first to say that your help in the forum and with the project is great stuff, and we all owe you a debt. There is a lot of newbie-ism in the mailing list, and a lot of things which you nevertheless take the time to reply to, even with your sometimes acerbic wit ;-) Now, I know that things are not as bad or unclear as they seem from this thread / mailing list in general. Indeed, I managed to get everything up and running with MySQL by reading the right documentation. However, there is an argument to make (I think) things a little clearer. 1) If the documentation can be improved, then let's improve it. Some windows users expect just a step-by-step manual to get going. - The only people who can be bothered to write this kind of dull technical stuff are those who are paid to do it... - O'Reilly mention FreeRadius in their Radius book, but it's an old version Conclusion - see below 2) If there is a case (as often there is) for a RTFM, then perhaps we can start pointing people to the relevant filename(s). 3) If the terminology is what most screws people up, then let's either - Change it, as suggested by this thread, but on democratic terms from experienced users - Add a lexicon or quick reference Now, the interesting thing for me is to get wider use of OpenSource to stop people using commercial crap which eats up bandwidth unnecessarily. I managed to read the documentation OK and had no issues with it. It is clear, but maybe approaching from a different angle might help. I certainly DO NOT expect you to do this, Alan. I am calling for the community at large to perhaps take some time to dig up their notes and write up a couple of installs, so that these references can be made available. I certainly try to put my money where my mouth is. Over the holiday period I might not get the time, but some time soon, I will be putting up a site with support for what I consider to be good Linux / FreeOS stuff, and FreeRADIUS is in that group. Best regards and a Merry Christmas, Mr DeKok. -- |-Simon White, Internet Services Manager, Certified Check Point CCSA. |-MTDS Internet, Security, Anti-Virus, Linux and Hosting Solutions. |-MTDS 14, rue du 16 novembre, Agdal, Rabat, Morocco. |-MTDS tel +212.3.767.4861 - fax +212.3.767.4863 - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
