i currently have a radius server running cistron radius (an older version) that authenticates against the system's passwd/shadow file. there are about 8k users on the system and 6 RAS devices (ascend tnt's and max4000's). i dont do anything fancy with attributes and dont track usage details or anything - just basically authenticate username/password and then the RAS gives the user an ip.
some of my passwords are md5, some are not (majority are md5). of course, i dont have the passwords in plaintext anywhere. the hardware is x86 running redhat linux. i currently use webmin to add/remove users. i would like to convert to freeradius but would like some feedback regarding my setup - is it doable? what challenges/obstacles would i face? im thinking the passwd/shadow files will be my biggest problem. i would like to move to a mysql database for storing usernames/passwords as i could then write a management system in php for adding/removing users. i would appreciate any thoughts on this. -- Chad Whitten Network/Systems Administrator neXband Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] 601-944-4801 Phone 601-944-4803 Fax - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
