Ok, probably the best choice is the proxy option. The only problem (because I thought about my suggestion) is disk space on server 2. The NFS solution is another possibility, but sharing that kind of files could have security problems (not theoretically, but if I forget to do something...)
TECHNICAL SOLUTION: Put another HD ;) Thanks a lot, Jon On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Stefan Winter wrote: > > __________ _____________ > > > > | | HOW? | | > > > > <--> | RADIUS | -------> | /etc/shadow | > > > > |__________| |_____________| > > > > Server 1 Server 2 > > I suppose there are always ways to achieve whatever you like. But the question > is: do you really _want_ that? > I'd rather suggest to install another RADIUS server instance on Server 2 and > let Server 1 proxy its requests to that instance. It can then talk to its > own /etc/passwd and shadow outright. > However, if you really want Server 1 to do that, you could make the file > accessible locally (via NFS or similar) and adjust the configuration of the > RADIUS Server 1 to look not in /etc but the directory where you have the > files imported into. > > Stefan Winter > > -- > Stefan WINTER > > Fondation RESTENA - Réseau Téléinformatique de l'Education Nationale et de > la Recherche > Ingénieur réseau et système > > 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi > L-1359 Luxembourg > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tél.: +352 424409-33 > http://www.restena.lu fax: +352 422473 > > - > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html