perl script to the rescue! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 5:11 PM Subject: Re: Migrate from Cistron
> We already do PAP (Shadow files). Have never done CHAP. > > We just started with a wholesale provider. They only send in CHAP. Radius > will not do CHAP with the system files because they MUST be in clear text > for the authentication. > > Everyone told me to use a mySQL database to store the user names and > password and then switch to freeRadius because it handles this much better > than Cistron would. If I put every user information in the radius user file > it would choke radius if there were several thousand names in there. > > But if I make a change to the system files, the database would not be > updated. If I make a change to the database the systems files are not > updated. > > I don't know how to explain this any other way. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Milver S. Nisay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 8:57 AM > Subject: Re: Migrate from Cistron > > > > are you trying to authenticate users based from password with MySQL tables > > or from system files (passwd), > > you could try to authenticate them by either MySQL tables (passwords and > > usernames are stored there) or > > by system (passwd/shadow) files but, usernames still exist in MySQL tables > > for a purpose..or i am lost again > > from what are you trying to achieve... > > //milver > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bob Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 4:52 PM > > Subject: Re: Migrate from Cistron > > > > > > > My little understanding is that the user passwords or in the mySQL data > > base > > > so radius can do CHAP authentication because of needing the clear text. > > They > > > would still be added to the system files for email and the other > services. > > > If you userdel them from the system files, the mySQL database is not > > > automatically updated to remove them. Or if you only passwd -l (lock) > > > username the mySQL database is not automatically updated. > > > > > > They would still be able to log in because the mySQL database was not > > > updated. > > > > > > Or am I wrong here? > > > > > > I don't want to have to manually update the mySQL database. That could > get > > > real hard if you have thousands of entries in there. > > > > > > > > > > > I don't understand why you'd need to update SQL if the system > > > > (/etc/passwd?) files are updated. > > > > > > > > Alan DeKok. > > > > > > > > - > > > > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See > > > http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See > > http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See > http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > > > > > - > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > > - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
