In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ryan Beisner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In FreeRADIUS there is an option to alter the user name's case Before or >After authentication (failure). I have many users who (even though you >say to use lower case), continue to use a capital letter or two in their >login name. Since all users are entered into Linux as lower-case, the >authentication fails in CISTRON RADIUSD whereas it had passed in >FreeRADIUS. (Authentication method is System.) System is RH8. > >Can you force usernames to be rewritten in lowercase on the fly >using CISTRON like you can with FreeRADIUS? (ie. force lower case >before authentication attempt)
No, you can't. And I'm against it as well: been there, done that. It only works if you also hack the POP3 and FTP servers the same way, otherwise those users will call the support desk saying 'your system is broken, my login/password works for dialing in but not to POP my mail!' Mike. -- Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job -- Douglas Adams. - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
